INVESTIGATING SEXUALITY: a Personal Review of Homosexual Behaviour, Identities and Subcultures in Social Research
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INVESTIGATING SEXUALITY: A Personal Review of Homosexual Behaviour, Identities and Subcultures in Social Research Garrett Prestage Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, June 2002 CONTENTS Tables........................................................................................................................ iii Acknowledgements....................................................................................................vi Chapter 1. Theoretical and methodological notes...................................................... 1 Chapter 2. Observer and observed ............................................................................. 9 Biographical comments............................................................................... 9 Placing the subjective in the objective .................................................. 26 Critical implications .................................................................................. 43 Chapter 3. Sexuality: identity and categorisation.................................................... 60 Biographical comments............................................................................. 60 Theoretical foundations......................................................................... 64 Critical implications .................................................................................. 91 Chapter 4. Interrogating identity and community.................................................... 95 Biographical comments............................................................................. 95 Homosexually active men in Sydney.................................................. 113 Sexual identity and self-concept......................................................... 127 Community and enculturation............................................................. 157 Critical implications ................................................................................ 180 Chapter 5. Sampling and methodology, identity and behaviour............................ 184 Biographical comments........................................................................... 184 Sampling and recruitment issues ........................................................ 186 Critical implications ................................................................................ 249 Chapter 6. Gay sexual ‘subcultures’...................................................................... 274 Biographical comments........................................................................... 274 Contextualising gay sexuality............................................................. 278 Gay sexual subcultures........................................................................ 324 Critical implications ................................................................................ 335 Chapter 7. Researching homosexual desire ........................................................... 344 Bibliography........................................................................................................... 355 ii TABLES Table 4.1: Sexual Relationships and Sexual Identity............................................. 130 Table 4.2: Sexual Partners and Sexual Identity..................................................... 133 Table 4.3: Sex with Women and Sexual Identity.................................................. 133 Table 4.4: Group Sex and Sexual Identity............................................................. 135 Table 4.5: Prostitution between Men and Sexual Identity..................................... 136 Table 4.6: Dressing Up for Fantasy during Sex and Sexual Identity..................... 137 Table 4.7: Leathersex and Sexual Identity............................................................. 139 Table 4.8: Anal Sex Practices and Sexual Identity................................................ 141 Table 4.9: Oral Intercourse and Sexual Identity.................................................... 143 Table 4.10: Sensual Practices and Sexual Identity................................................ 144 Table 4.11: Relationship Between Sexual Identity and Sexual Behaviour ........... 149 Table 4.12: Gay Community Involvement Scale Items ......................................... 161 Table 4.13: Sexual Relationships and Gay Community Involvement................... 162 Table 4.14: Sexual Partners and Gay Community Involvement............................ 163 Table 4.15: Group Sex and Gay Community Involvement ................................... 165 Table 4.16: Prostitution and Gay Community Involvement.................................. 166 Table 4.17: Sex with Women and Gay Community Involvement ......................... 166 Table 4.18: Leathersex and Gay Community Involvement ................................... 168 Table 4.19: Dressing Up and Gay Community Involvement ................................ 179 Table 4.20: Sexual Role in Anal Intercourse and Gay Community Involvement . 171 Table 4.21: Other Anal Sex and Gay Community Involvement............................ 173 Table 4.22: Oral Intercourse and Gay Community Involvement .......................... 174 Table 4.23: Sensual Practices and Gay Community Involvement......................... 175 Table 5.1: Sexuality and Social Relationships (Beats Study) ................................ 190 Table 5.2: Anal Intercourse with Male Partners During Previous Six Months (Beats Study) ...................................................................................... 192 Table 5.3: Types of Sex ‘Usually’ Involved In Encounters with Other Men (Beats Study) ....................................................................................... 193 iii Table 5.4: Sex Practices with Men (Beats Study).................................................. 195 Table 5.5: Preferences during Anal Intercourse with Men (Beats Study) ............. 196 Table 5.6: Recruitment Source of Sydney Samples (Male Call) ........................... 201 Table 5.7: Gay Community Attachment and Recruitment Source (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 201 Table 5.8: Measure of Gay Community Attachment and Recruitment Source (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)............................................. 202 Table 5.9: Gay Community Attachment and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 204 Table 5.10: Measure of Gay Community Attachment and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples).................................... 206 Table 5.11: Demographic Differences and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples).......................................................................... 207 Table 5.12: Demographic Differences and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples).......................................................................... 208 Table 5.13: HIV Status and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 211 Table 5.14: Relationships with Women and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples).......................................................................... 213 Table 5.15: Relationships with Men and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 213 Table 5.16: Number of Male Partners in Previous Six Months and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Male Call Sydney Samples).................................... 215 Table 5.17: Anal Intercourse with Men and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 217 Table 5.18: Oral Intercourse with Men and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 218 Table 5.19: Sensual Practices and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 220 Table 5.20: Other Sex Practices and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples)......................................................... 221 iv Table 5.21: Preferred Sex Practices and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples) ................................................................... 223 Table 5.22: Places Socialised with Gay Friends and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples).................................... 225 Table 5.23: Places where Meets Sexual Partners and Recruitment (1992 and 1996 Sydney Male Call Samples).................................... 228 Table 5.24: Recruitment Source of Sydney Periodic Survey Samples.................. 231 Table 5.25: Gay Community Attachment and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys) ... 233 Table 5.26: Measure of Gay Community Attachment and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys).................................................................................................. 233 Table 5.27: Demographics and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys)........................... 235 Table 5.28: Demographics and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys)........................... 236 Table 5.29: HIV Status and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys) ................................ 238 Table 5.30: Sex with Women and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys) ...................... 238 Table 5.31: Relationships with Men and Recruitment (Periodic Surveys)............ 239 Table 5.32: Number of Male Partners in Previous Six Months and Recruitment