Publication details
„Shromaždiště mravně zchátralých“? Intimní kontakty mezi návštěvníky veřejných toalet v historické a antropologické perspektivě
| Title in English | “A Meeting Place for the Morally Decrepit?” Intimate Contact between Patrons of Public Restrooms in the Historical and Anthropological Perspective |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Lidé města |
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| Web | https://lidemesta.cuni.cz/LM-1125.html |
| Keywords | public bathrooms; sex between men; actors’ perspective; reshaping of an archaic pattern |
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| Description | Since their introduction in the public space of European and American cities, public restrooms have been, irrespective of specific countries and individual historical periods of the 19th and the 20th centuries, a privileged place of anonymous sexual contact between men. In this paper, I proceed to analyse the meanings that actors themselves were or are ascribing to this pattern, trying to understand the reasons why anonymous sexual intimateness with other men at public bathrooms is still of a very strong attraction for many men today. |
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