School of Social Work, College of Public Health, Temple University, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave., 5th Floor Ritter Annex, Rm 553, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2018 May;47(4):1231-1239. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1043-0. Epub 2017 Sep 19.
Racial and ethnic differences are well-documented social factors shaping sexual interactions. However, these racial/ethnic dynamics have been mostly overlooked in the context of sexual fluidity, specifically for bisexual individuals. Furthermore, there is limited literature on how sexual objectification based on skin color and ethnicity, factors well documented to influence individual's sexual partnering decision, might be different for male, female, and/or transgender partners of bisexual individuals. From 2009 to 2014, we conducted a mixed methods study examining how bisexual Latino men construct and participate in their sex markets. In the qualitative component of the study, we asked behaviorally bisexual Latino men (n = 148) how race/ethnicity, prejudice, stereotyping, and objectification intersected with their sexuality, specifically perceptions of their sexual experiences, decision making regarding sexual partners, and their reflection of their own race/ethnicity in their sexuality. We conducted a content analysis and identified three recurrent themes that are fully described in this article: (1) Bisexual Latino men objectify other men based on skin color, ethnicity, and race; (2) the race and ethnicity of women and transgender partners were not a dominant factor in sexual partnering decision making; and (3) sexual objectification based on skin color and ethnicity was a frequent, dominant experience throughout the sexual histories of our study participants. In summary, our findings suggest that bisexual Latino men participate in sex markets where race, ethnic, and nationality differences play a role in shaping men's desires for other men as sexual partners and they themselves are objects of desire.
种族和民族差异是影响性行为的重要社会因素，这一点已得到充分证实。然而，在性流动性的背景下，这些种族/民族动态大多被忽视了，特别是对于双性恋者。此外，关于基于肤色和种族的性对象化如何影响个人的性伴侣决策，以及这种影响对于双性恋者的男性、女性和/或跨性别伴侣是否不同，相关文献也很有限。2009 年至 2014 年，我们进行了一项混合方法研究，旨在探讨拉丁裔双性恋男性如何构建和参与他们的性市场。在研究的定性部分，我们询问了行为上的拉丁裔双性恋男性（n=148），种族/民族、偏见、刻板印象和对象化如何与他们的性取向交叉，特别是他们对性经历的看法、对性伴侣的决策以及他们对自己种族/民族的性取向的反映。我们进行了内容分析，确定了三个反复出现的主题，本文对此进行了详细描述：（1）拉丁裔双性恋男性会根据肤色、种族和民族对其他男性进行对象化；（2）女性和跨性别伴侣的种族和民族不是性伴侣决策的主要因素；（3）基于肤色和种族的性对象化是研究参与者性史中的常见且主要的经历。总之，我们的研究结果表明，拉丁裔双性恋男性参与的性市场中，种族、民族和国籍差异在塑造男性对其他男性的性欲望方面发挥了作用，而他们自己也是欲望的对象。
