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Laud Humphreys (October 16, 1930–August 23, 1988) was an American sociologist and author. He was born as Robert Allan (Laud) Humphreys, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Ira Denver Humphreys and Stella Be...
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As a doctoral candidate at Washington University, Laud Humphreys began researching what he referred to as "tea room trade" or the act of fellatio between two anonymous men in public restroom. ... Humphreys, L. (1975). Tearoom trade: Impersonal sex in public places. New York: Aldine.
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Those who were willing to talk openly with him tended to be among the better-educated members of the "tearoom trade." To avoid bias, Humphreys secretly followed some of the other men he observed and recorded the license numbers of their cars.
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Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places (Observations) (Paperback) ... This item: Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places (Observations) by Laud Humphreys ... From the time of its first publication in 1970, Tearoom Trade engendered controversy. It was also accorded an unusual amount of praise for a first book on...
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The Tearoom Trade: Ethics in Research ... A researcher was interested in the men who participated in sexual activity in a public place, that is, their personal characteristics and the nature of the sexual activity. His first step was ... ; Humphreys, L. (1970). Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places. Chicago: Aldine.
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I have chosen the term “purlieu” (with its ancient meaning of land severed from a royal forest by perambulation) to describe the immediate environs best suited to the tearoom trade. Drives and walks that separate a public toilet from the rest of the park are almost certain guides to deviant sex.
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Published in 1970, "Tearoom Trade" is full of useful information about foot tapping, shoe touching, hand signaling and all the other rituals those so inclined use to make contact with one another in such places.
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Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Personal Places, a doctoral thesis which was published in 1970, detailed exactly the pattern—of foot-tapping in code, hand-gestures, and other tactics—which has lately been garishly publicized at a Minneapolis-St.
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