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Martin van Maele's print Francion 15 depicts a couple engaging in foreplay outdoors
Public sex refers to sexual acts that take place in public or semi-public places, and does not necessarily imply that the sexual activity takes place outdoors. Public places where sex acts can be performed include a car (commonly called parking), on a beach, in the woods, as well as in a theatre, bus, street, besides other places. Other known places where public sex has taken place include a toilet, cubicle, or a cemetery. Public sex can also refer to sexual activity which takes place in a private place but can be viewed in a public place. Such private places can include the back yard or even the bedroom with the curtains open.
Social views related to public sex and sexuality vary greatly between different cultures and different times. There are many and varied laws which apply to sex in public, which use a variety of terms such as indecent exposure, public lewdness, gross indecency beside others. In some jurisdictions an offense is committed only if the participants are seen by others, so that if a toilet cubicle is closed then no offense may have been committed. That is the situation, for example, in the United Kingdom as a result of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Prior to the development of the Internet, some gay-identified men met in public settings (parks, washrooms, beats, and other cruising areas) in order to have sex. [1] In the UK, there has been a rise in public sex on premises venues, possibly due to a more relaxed approach to enforcement of laws relating to this act since the early 1990s.[2]
A high frequency of public, outdoor sex is rumored to exist in Vancouver's many parks and beaches and in beaches and parks in San Francisco.[3] According to the magazine New York, public sex occurs relatively frequently in New York City, and is a fantasy common to a wide number of people.[4]
In the United Kingdom, sex in a semi-public place is sometimes known as dogging. Cottaging is a term applied predominately to seeking out homosexual activity in public places, such as parks and public toilets.
In popular culture
- Public sex was the subject of the 2009 British film Dogging:A Love Story, which was released in the U.S. under the title Public Sex, directed by Simon Ellis and written by Michael Groom and Norman Brock.[5]
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ Humphreys, Laud (1975). Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places. Aldine de Gruzter. ISBN 0202302822. http://books.google.com/books?id=IVFpA1d_XZUC&pg=PA1&dq=isbn=0202302822&sig=jFx_i6SHEmqHL6Y3Fq4zN8Z95xs#PPA2,M1.
- ^ Finlayson, Iain (21 June 1998). "The Human Condition: Johnny be good". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-human-condition-johnny-be-good-1166398.html. "The debate was largely irrelevant in the UK,where at the time there were very few public sex venues (or PSVs). In the Nineties, however, there has been a significant increase in commercial gay venues, particularly in London where there are now at least 15 saunas and 10 bar/clubs that provide facilities for gay sex on their premises."
- ^ Sides, Josh (2009). Erotic City: Sexual Revolutions and the Making of Modern San Francisco. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 9780195377811.
- ^ Em & Lo (1 April 2007). "Public Displays of Affection". New York. http://nymag.com/nightlife/mating/29981/. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ^ Public Sex at the Internet Movie Database
- Further reading
- Pat Califia; Patrick Califia-Rice (1994). Public sex: the culture of radical sex. Cleis Press. ISBN 0939416891.
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