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Ding Dong! Dick's Here!’: SketchySex and the online/offline cultures of group sex between gay men

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13086237
AutoresCharlie Sarson (0000-0001-7272-6693, Birmingham City University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen6
Número3
Páginas301-315
Fecha de publicación2019-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2019.1592698
OpenAlexW2981078329
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas43

This article explores contemporary sexual practices of group sex between gay men facilitated through the cruising apps and websites Grindr and BarebackRT, and its depiction by the gay porn studio SketchySex. The article discusses themes of community among those partaking in group sex, tracing historical cultural shifts as neoliberal ideologies have developed, as well as focusing on the shifting understandings of public and private spaces. The article argues that gentrification has forced once-public activities into the private home, which brings unique risks for individuals to negotiate, and considers the extent to which digital technologies have helped to facilitate this. This culminates in a critique of the diversity of SketchySex, who seem to be selective in the types of people who can attend their parties; this is read alongside the practices of gay men cruising online, and seeks to identify a community utilizing their public/private, online/offline spaces for more radical sexual ends

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