Men’s Success in Online Cruising for Male Sexual Partners

As contemporary erotic oases, websites have emerged as a vastly popular means for individuals to cruise for others seeking mutually shared sexual interests. Though their presence and popularity are well known, the small body of scholarly research in this area neglects to examine their efficacy in assisting individuals to successfully identify sexual partners. This research utilizes survey data to assess the degree to which men who seek same sex impersonal/anonymous sexual encounters are successful when cruising these websites. Results suggest that men do find considerable success seeking sex partners through cruising websites. Men reporting the highest number of sex partners met online are those who are over the age of 35, do not include face or sexually explicit photographs in their ads, are HIV+ and use more than five websites.

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Year of Publication: 2010