SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fellatio
13 Mar 2017
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Rules, roles, players, and risks of the game. The rules of the game: the rules of the game function to protect participants, 1. Participants do not exchange biographical information: 2. Tearoom participants avoid children and teenagers: 3. The players: straight persons also use these washrooms but for legitimate purposes, straights are easily identified and are rarely approached, male teenagers pose a threat to tearoom participants, some want to join in on the action. Toughs want to beat up the gay men: known in other studies that some teens would only get fellated for money. It was part of the norm: young males play four roles: straights, enlisters, toughs, and hustlers, participants rarely involve youths in tearoom encounters, albert reiss"s study looked at youths who prostituted themselves to gay men. Insertees perform fellatio on insertors: most sexual activity involves fellatio which is not reciprocated, there is no verbal communication in sexual encounters.
