Heterosexual and homosexual activity among gay males

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2151985
AutoresErich Goode (0000-0001-8966-7853, State University of New York), Richard R Troiden (Miami University)
Año1979
Volumen1
Número1
Páginas37-55
Fecha de publicación1979-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.1979.9967512
OpenAlexW1980876700
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas7

A total of 150 adult self‐professed homosexual men, age 20 to 40, living in three locales‐Manhattan, Suffolk County, (N.Y.), and Minneapolis‐were interviewed, in part to determine their heterosexual and homosexual activities. About two‐thirds (65%) said they had experienced intercourse with a woman at least once, but only 6% had done so in the year prior to the survey. The respondents with heterosexual experience (especially with several women) were more homosexually active currently than were those without it. This pattern holds true even when residence, age, bargoing, and education are controlled. The authors speculate that “action seeking” and sexual desirability account for the observed relationships. Even prior to taking on a homosexual identity, some men are more sexually active and seek out sexual “action” and are, in addition, sought out sexually. In a heterosexual sphere their activities will be heterosexual, but in a homosexual sphere their activities will be homosexual

Action (physics · Developmental psychology · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Male Homosexuality · Men who have sex with men · Population · Residence · Sexual identity · Sexual intercourse · Sexually active · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology