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'I'd much rather have sexual intimacy as opposed to sex': Young Australian gay men, sex, relationships and monogamy

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posted on 2023-08-30, 14:14 authored by Duane Duncan, Garrett P. Prestage, Jeffrey Grierson
Few studies have explored how young gay men negotiate opportunities for rethinking sexual and relationship life associated with gay sexual cultures upon coming out. Drawing on qualitative interview data with Australian gay men aged 18–30, this article explores a tension these participants described between a desire for monogamy as the basis to a committed, enduring and mature relationship on one hand, and sexual opportunities associated with ‘the gay scene’ on the other. We analyse these men’s negotiation of this tension in the context of wider political shifts in the social status of gay men’s relationships, encapsulated in a debate between those who see ‘homonormativity’ and those who see transformation in the contemporary relationship practices of gay men.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

18

Issue number

7

Page range

798-816

Publication title

Sexualities

ISSN

1461-7382

Publisher

SAGE

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2016-03-22

Legacy creation date

2021-01-28

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)

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