Concept information
Preferred term
tearoom trade
Definition
- Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places, by Laud Humphreys, was first published in 1970. The text examined the subject of men who had had sex in public restrooms, or “tearooms.” The prize-winning text was immediately controversial and has remained so, becoming essential for students of sociology and readers of sociology and research methods texts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Tearoom Trade]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/tearoom_trade
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