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

Bibliographic Data

ID13086237
AuthorsCharlie Sarson (0000-0001-7272-6693, Birmingham City University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume6
Issue3
Pages301-315
Publication date2019-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2019.1592698
OpenAlexW2981078329
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited43

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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