The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Velvet Rage Drawing on contemporary research, the author's own struggle with shame and anger, and stories from his patients, this title describes the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame and offers practical and inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behaviour.
Full description- Publisher: PERSEUS BOOKS
- Published: 14 June 2012
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
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- Categories: Gay Studies (Gay Men) | Psychology: Emotions
- ISBN 13: 9780738215679 ISBN 10: 0738215678
- Sales rank: 24,048
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Full description for The Velvet Rage
This is the groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality and why it leads to shame over one's identity, and how to overcome it - now expanded and fully updated. Today's gay man enjoys unprecedented, hard-won social acceptance. Despite this victory, however, serious problems still exist. Substance abuse, depression, suicide and sex addiction among gay men are at an all-time high, causing many to ask, "Are we really better off?" Drawing on contemporary research, psychologist Alan Downs' own struggle with shame and anger, and stories from his patients, "The Velvet Rage" passionately describes the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame and offers practical and inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behaviour. Updated to reflect the effects of the many recent social, cultural and political changes, "The Velvet Rage" is an empowering book that has already changed the public discourse on gay culture and helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men.
