A Slum Sex Code
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2201691 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Foote Whyte (0000-0001-6955-1554, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1943 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-31 |
| Publication date | 1943-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219305 |
| OpenAlex | W2073880320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
Men in the slums behave in terms of an elaborate and binding sex code. Women are classified into "good girls" (virgins) and three categories of nonvirgins. For each category there is an appropriate form of behavior supported by social sanctions. Social and familial ties within the community also determine sex behavior. The limitations the code places upon social activity within the slum tend to push young men and women toward outside contacts and thus promote assimilation and social mobility
Code (set theory) · Political science · Population · Sanctions · Slum · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Gender Studies · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
Black sexuality
Community Organization and Family Structure in Two Fishing Communities
Stigmatization, scapegoating and discrimination in sexually transmitted diseases
Gang Girls, the Street Corner, and “New Urban Frontiers”
Entre méfiance, prudence et politesse
Some Aspects of Lower Class Sexual Behavior
Lower-class sexuality
Reflections On My Work
Evaluation of Venereal Disease Information Campaign for Adolescents
Male‐female sexual variations
Patterns of sexual behavior in West German workers and students∗
Extramarital involvement
Selected dyadic aspects of male sex aggression
The “Thereness” of Women
Models of illegitimacy
Criminal Homicide
Living on the Street
Street Corner Society
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 2025 (60) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |