Michael Pollak wrote:
> Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema wrote:
>
> > I wonder about this. Doesn't this sound more like the men who, in
> > prison, make sure they aggressively penetrate other men rather than be
> > penetrated because at least, in the absence of women, they thereby
> > avoid the passive feminine rôle? Once out of prison, of course, they
> > wouldn't be caught dead having any homoerotic experiences.
>
> Stephen Donaldson, who died recently, wrote a famous pamphlet on this
> subject called "Protective Pairing for Punks." It does a remarkable job
> of evoking the punk/jocker relationship as if it were the re-enactment of
> some state of nature ur-marriage situation, the choosing of a protector
> from a sea of predators, a trade of physical services (affection for
> protection). But he also talks about the range of emotional relations
> possible between the protagonists in the often long-term relationship that
> results.
>
> There is a stunning 6 minute dramatic reading of this pamphlet in real
> audio format in the archives of This American Life at www.thislife.org/
> The show was broadcast on 1/8/99. It is "Act Three" of "Lock-Up". It
> occurs about 2/3's of the way though the show. There is a complete
> description of the program in the archive to help you locate it on the
> file it.
>
> The complete pamphlet "Protective Pairing for Punks" by Stephen Donaldson
> (more complete but less dramatic), is available at:
>
> http://www.spr.org/docs/pairing.html
>
> Michael
>
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