title: The eroticism of Internet cruising as a self-contained behaviour: a multivariate analysis of men seeking men demographics and getting off online.
abstract: Most studies on men seeking men and who use the Internet for sexual purposes have focused on the epidemiological outcomes of Internet cruising. Other research has only focused on online sexual behaviours such as cybersex. The present study examines men who find the acts of Internet cruising and emailing to be erotic as self-contained behaviours. We surveyed 499 men who used craigslist.org for sexually-oriented purposes, and ran an ordinary least squares multiple regression model to determine the demographic characteristics of men seeking men who found Internet cruising erotic. Our results showed that younger compared to older men seeking men found the acts erotic. Likewise, men seeking men from mid-sized cities and large cities compared to men from smaller cities found Internet cruising and emailing to be erotic. Most notably, bisexual- and heterosexual-identifying men seeking men compared to gay-identifying men found these acts to be more erotic. Our results suggested that self-contained Internet cruising might provide dual functions. For some men (e.g., heterosexual-identifying men), the behaviour provides a sexual outlet in which fantasy and experimentation may be explored without risking stigmatization. For other men (e.g., those from large cities), the behaviour may be an alternative to offset sexual risk while still being able to 'get off'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology University of Texas, Austin, USA. barobinson@utexas.edu
authors.forename: Brandon Andrew
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moskowitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004882:Erotica / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
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