Erotic habitus and collapsed masculinity in male-dominated spaces: The case of the no Fap relapse spaces

Steven L. Dashiell, Alexis Rowland
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This paper examines how men in online discourses are constrained by sexual ideals, and use curated discourses in an effort to empower their social selves. Drawing from Adam Green’s work, we speculate that an erotic habitus surrounding sexual ideas allows men who see themselves besieged by porn and masturbation addiction to craft specific male-oriented language. In this paper, we demonstrate how men operationalize this erotic habitus through discursive behaviors. We use thematic analysis to analyze the forum posts of men in the No Fap community, a worldwide association of men who have sworn off masturbation ( n = 610). Particularly, we consider how the men articulate an antagonistic relationship with online pornography, and use an erotic habitus framed in language to note their reaction to perceived adversaries and their own strength to remain abstinent, devoid of humor, or sarcasm. These discourses have underlying elements of a muted relationship with patriarchal ideals, consistent with a collapsed masculinity. However, through the erasure of topics from these conversations, a heterosexist and women-absent conversation still implies a male-centric power.
男性主导空间中的情色习性和崩溃的男性气质:无 Fap 复发空间案例
本文探讨了网络话语中的男性如何受制于性理想,并利用精心策划的话语来增强其社会自我。借鉴亚当-格林(Adam Green)的研究成果,我们推测,围绕性观念的情色习惯使那些认为自己被色情和手淫成瘾所困扰的男性能够创造出特定的男性导向语言。在本文中,我们将展示男性如何通过话语行为来操作这种情色习惯。我们使用主题分析法分析了 "No Fap "社区中男性的论坛帖子,这是一个由发誓戒除手淫的男性组成的全球性协会(n = 610)。特别是,我们考虑了这些男性是如何阐述与网络色情的对立关系,以及如何使用一种以语言为框架的情色习性,来记录他们对感知到的对手的反应,以及他们自己保持禁欲的力量,没有幽默,也没有讽刺。这些话语的基本要素是与父权制理想的缄默关系,与崩溃的男性气质相一致。然而,通过抹去这些对话中的话题,异性恋和女性缺席的对话仍然意味着以男性为中心的权力。
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