Faceless sex: Glory holes and sexual assemblages

Nursing Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-259

  Holmes, Dave ^a,b   O'Byrne, Patrick ^a   Murray, Stuart J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Face; Glory holes; Philosophy; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FURNITURE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SAFE SEX; SANITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BATHS; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; EROTICA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PRIVACY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 77956451231     PISSN: 14667681     EISSN: 1466769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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