La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]

This paper explores a special form of male prostitution in American society, a homosexual relationship between adult male fellators and delinquents. It is seen as a financial transaction between boys and fellators which is governed by delinquent peer norms. These norms integrate the two types of dev...

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Main Author: Albert J. Reiss
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société
Series:Genre, Sexualité et Société
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/1797
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description This paper explores a special form of male prostitution in American society, a homosexual relationship between adult male fellators and delinquents. It is seen as a financial transaction between boys and fellators which is governed by delinquent peer norms. These norms integrate the two types of deviators into an institutionalized form of prostitution and protect the boys from self-definitions either as prostitutes or as homosexuals. The conclusions offered in this paper must be regarded as tentative, because of limitations inherent in the data. Study of the fellator population might substantially change the conclusions. Cross-cultural studies also are necessary. Discussion of these findings with criminologists in Denmark and Sweden and exploratory investigations in several larger American cities, however, suggest that the description and explanation offered in this paper will hold for other American cities and for some other social systems.
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spellingShingle Albert J. Reiss
La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]
Genre, Sexualité et Société
prostitution
homosexual
United States
delinquant
gang
title La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]
title_full La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]
title_fullStr La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]
title_full_unstemmed La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]
title_short La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961]
title_sort la rencontre entre les delinquants et les pedes 1961
topic prostitution
homosexual
United States
delinquant
gang
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/1797
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