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Document Type

Open Access Thesis

Embargo Period

2-1-2016

Degree Program

Sociology

Degree Type

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Year Degree Awarded

2016

Month Degree Awarded

May

Abstract

Scholars studying college student sexual culture in the United States largely frame men as being detached from emotions, unconcerned with relationships, and in pursuit of sexual conquests. Through an examination of college sexual culture, an environment often associated with meaningless sexual encounters, this paper tests those stereotypes in both gay and straight men. By analyzing sexual behaviors, social opportunity structures, and romantic attitudes of gay and straight males in college, this paper finds evidence that both supports and contradicts existing literature on masculine stereotypes for both groups of men.

First Advisor

Jennifer Lundquist

Second Advisor

Janice Irvine

Third Advisor

Amy Schalet

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