SOCI 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Polari, Mobsters, Panopticism
17 Sep 2015
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He did not participate in the sexual practices. Same sex sexual practises were illegal at the time nd there were laws against sodomizes. If you were caught doing one these, often times news papers would publish your name, which cold effective ruin your life. There was a huge risk to these individuals. More student uprisings and involvemnet, greater equality, boundaries between students and prof were broken down. Obtaining ethis approval was easier and less strict laud published his study right now. Where the arrests were not only gay men in gay bars. Laud was particularly interested in the people here. A lot of these men were being blackmailed by the police for money, and if they failed to comply they would then be charged and their families would find out about their practises. Not a study of homosexuals but of men who engage in homosexual acts.
