Private Stories
“Like the next day, I didn’t feel bad about it, but I still didn’t tell my friends about it, you know because it’s still kind of… its almost, it’s kind of taboo...” (Darren *) -- *all names are pseudonyms
Some of the intoxicated sex stories were not to be shared publicly, but told to select few, friends or confidantes who could be trusted to be non-judgmental. These private stories centered on intoxicated sex experiences that were less certain to meet with social approval and challenged notions of dominant masculinity supported in public stories. Instead, stories exposed young men’s vulnerability in intoxicated sexual situations and expanded notions of sexual pleasure ascribed to young men.
Good Sex Stories |
Narratives of pleasure:
(Luke*) |
Redemption Stories |
Narratives of recovering sexual functioning after substance induced impotence:
(Justin*) |
Shouldn't Have Happened Stories |
Narratives of regret:
“So uh the details were a little of fuzzy and alcohol was very related on that night and it was one of those things that we both at the end of it we knew it was a regret. Both because she liked me and I liked her sister and…we all worked [at the same place] together, as well.”
(Marty*) |
Weird Sex Stories |
Narratives of ambivalence:
(Alan*)
(Darren*) |