Exploring Gay Men’s Threesomes: Normalization, Concerns, and Sexual Opportunities
Scoats, Ryan and Anderson, Eric and White, Adam J. (2021) Exploring Gay Men’s Threesomes: Normalization, Concerns, and Sexual Opportunities. Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities, 2 (2). ISSN 2688-8157
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Abstract
Although there is abundant research regarding group sex between men, much of the current literature constructs group sex as homogenous and overlooks the nuance of how and why men engage in particular sexual behaviors. Accordingly, this research expands our understanding of group sex by focusing on a specific type of sex: the threesome. The results demonstrate how perspectives on threesomes may develop over time; at first appearing exciting before becoming relatively normalized and indistinct from dyadic sex. Encounters and exposure are fostered through the sexual opportunities available, in particular, geo-social networking apps. Despite their normalization, threesomes are not necessarily viewed as risk free. Thus, this research offers insight and understanding into how gay men engage in group sex and the contextual factors which make it possible.
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.3167/jbsm.2021.020206 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | consensual non-monogamy, gay men, group sex, hook ups, sexual scripts, threesome | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-01 - social sciences (non-specific) CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Ryan Scoats | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2023 09:10 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2023 09:10 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14818 |
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