Older Gay Men's Sexual Experiences as Boys with Men: An Empirical and Narrative Analysis.

Autor: Rind B; Leipzig, Germany. brind1998@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of sexual behavior [Arch Sex Behav] 2024 Nov; Vol. 53 (10), pp. 3875-3893. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 15.
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03012-2
Abstrakt: A dominant view among researchers is that boys' sexual interactions with adult men are traumatizing. In contrast, many gay men recall childhood sexual experiences with adult males as positive. The current study tested for both of these outcomes by examining recalled boyhood sexual experiences of older gay men. Interviews were conducted in the 1970-1980s, and thus, before the public view became popular that child-adult sexual interactions must be traumatizing. Quantitative analyses suggested that gay men with boyhood sexual experiences with adult males (n = 7, mostly aged 11-16 at first experience with men aged 20s to 50s) were as well adjusted as those without these experiences (n = 10), and these experiences were usually viewed positively (71%). Narrative analyses indicated that adjustment problems in adulthood were not related to these early sexual experiences but to other factors such as parental abusiveness, societal intolerance, internalized homophobia, or social isolation.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Conflict of interest: Not applicable. Ethical Approval: This article performed secondary analysis of previously published material, so ethical approval was not required.
(© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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