SOCIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fellatio, Voyeurism, Human Sexual Activity
8 Apr 2020
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Tearoom trade: impersonal sex in public places: 1970 study of men engaging in deviant sexual activity, were in search of instant/casual/anonymous/no-strings-attached sexual encounters with other men, took place in public locales called tearooms . Include public washrooms & parks, theatre balconies, cars: places where male same-sex sexual activity regularly occurred, engaged in impersonal homoerotic activity without commitment, places easily accessible, easily recognizable by initiates, offered advantages as a public & private setting. Commonalities across sexual categories: bisexuals share common base of oppression with l&gs, unite with l&gs against heterosexism, are part of queer, unified front, but, only during particular sociopolitical moments, 3. Bisexuals trade on heterosexual privilege: from lesbian p. o. v. Are selling out lesbian movement: are screwing the enemy, undermine lesbianism as a social movement, e. g. , chasing amy (movie, 4. Bisexual vs. monosexuals: l&gs are straight, rigid, overly concerned with gender as basis for relationships, bisexuals are flexible, able to overcome differences based on gender, 5.
