Frankis, J. S. and Flowers, P. (2009) Public sexual cultures: a systematic review of qualitative research investigating men's sexual behaviors with men in public spaces. Journal of Homosexuality, 56(7), pp. 861-893. (doi: 10.1080/00918360903187846) (PMID:19802761)
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Abstract
Resurgent HIV and sexually transmitted infection incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM) requires an urgent re-examination of sexual transmission sites. To these ends, we systematically review qualitative literature concerning men's sexual behaviors within public sex environments (PSEs). Sex, therein, is negotiated by the highly codified, largely nonverbal practice of “cruising.” A generic, shared PSE sexual culture emerges from the literature—across locations, countries, and decades—because of the importance of concealment and common structural constraints on sexual encounters in PSEs. However, differences in local geography and facilities may transform key features of this, resulting in specific, local sexual cultures emerging for each locale. We argue that, although sexual cultures developed to minimize nonsexual cruising risks, they may be exploited to improve contemporary in situ outreach work.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Flowers, Professor Paul |
| Authors: | Frankis, J. S., and Flowers, P. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Homosexuality |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| ISSN: | 0091-8369 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1540-3602 |
| Published Online: | 02 October 2009 |
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