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Recent
work on the urban gay male social history illustrates the imbrication of
social relations with sexuality. Before the advent of AIDS, men undertook
enormous risks to have anal sex [Chauncey: Gay New York, 1994].
Men have been willing to face the scorn of families, the loss of employment
opportunities, and the threat of street violence for sex with other men.
(Rofes,
1996: 166).
The
'Trade' System..... General: Tennessee Williams and a gay friend
were the victims of two sailors in the trade category. "Brutal sex" of
the anal kind was inflicted and enjoyed by the assailants who then viciously
assaulted the gay males (Williams,
1976: 97). Most common, however, was oral sex services provided
by 'gay' males and 'straight' males were often paid for this.
Adolescents:
From James Baldwin's life files: "On every street corner I was called a
faggot. This meant that I was despised, and, however horrible this is,
it is clear. What was not so clear at that time of my life was what motivated
the men and boys who mocked and chased me; for, if they found me when they
were alone, they spoke to me very differently - frightening me, I must
say, into a stunned and speechless paralysis. For when they were alone,
they spoke very gently and wanted to take me home and make love ... The
bafflement and the pain this caused in me remain beyond description" (Boyd,
1986).
Career
Delinquents: "The Social Integration of Peers and Queers" by Albert
J. Reiss (1961). - 62% of career delinquents are homo-active. Generally
involved in "trade."
Prisons
- Juvenile / Adult: - From "Male Rape" edited by Anthony
M. Scacco (1982).
The
"turning out" process is "an act of conquest and demasculation, stripping
the male victim of his status of 'man.' The act redefines him as 'female'...
and he must assume that role as the 'property' of his conqueror or whoever
claimed him and arranged his demasculation. He becomes a slave, in the
fullest sense of the term"
(Rideau
and Sinclair, 1982: 5).
"We're
going to take your manhood. You'll have to give up some face. We're going
to make a girl out of you" (Scacco,
1982a: 94).
"There
must be a 'husband' and 'wife'. ...Straight prisoners often play the game
- only if they are allowed to play the husband. The hets consider this
perfectly normal and not a homosexual experience - for they only do this
when nothing else is available, no women around. For a het inmate to have
an 'old lady' while in prison is acceptable to the prison staff and the
inmates" (Jultry (1979)
- "Men's Bodies, Men's Selves": 114).
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