“He Was Treating Me Like Trash, and I Was Loving It …” Perspectives on Gay Male Pornography

Bibliographic Data

ID17535649
AuthorsTodd G Morrison (0000-0001-8033-3822, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume47
Issue3-4
Pages167-183
Publication date2004-09-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v47n03_09
PMID15451709
OpenAlexW1965820941
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited3

As the topic of gay male pornography has received limited attention from social scientists, little is known about how gay men perceive this medium. In the current study, a focus group methodology was used whereby participants examined specific scenes from commercially available gay pornography in terms of the messages they disseminate about the body and gay sexuality, in general. Findings suggest that discussants tended to view the medium from a utilitarian perspective. They saw pornography as a masturbatory aid, and did not believe that it possessed much significance vis-à-vis gay men's attitudes and behaviours. Those who identified potentially negative influences of this medium saw them as transitory and most likely to occur among gay men other than themselves

Art · Focus group · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Perspective (graphical) · Pornography · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology