Newton James David Albert, Halford W Kim, Barlow Fiona Kate
School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.
J Sex Res. 2021 Mar-Apr;58(3):279-291. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2020.1817837. Epub 2020 Sep 25.
Sexually explicit material (SEM) featuring men who have sex with men (MSM) may be a source of information about intimacy in same-sex male relationships for MSM. However, little is known about how MSM SEM depicts intimacy between male performers. The current study examined the 220 most viewed dyadic scenes of MSM SEM videos for the presence of verbal intimacy (compliments, personal disclosure, and expressions of care) and physical intimacy (kissing, cuddling, affectionate touch, and genital touch before and after sex) between performers. At least one example of physical and verbal intimacy was present in the majority of videos (91% and 68% of videos, respectively). Most forms of physical and verbal intimacy occurred before or during sex, with intimacy being least evident post-sex. We also tested if the presence of intimacy was associated with viewer interactions with videos (likes and dislikes) and number of views. Only one of seven forms of intimacy, care (verbal), was associated with more interactions (i.e., likes and dislikes per 100,000 views), and there was no association with the number of views. Potential implications for MSM's understandings of intimacy are recognized and discussed with reference to sexual script theory.
以男同性恋者（MSM）为主角的露骨色情内容（SEM）可能是MSM获取有关男同性恋关系中亲密行为信息的一个来源。然而，关于MSM的SEM如何描绘男性表演者之间的亲密行为，我们知之甚少。当前的研究检查了220个观看量最高的MSM的SEM视频中的二元场景，以了解表演者之间是否存在言语亲密行为（赞美、个人披露和关心表达）和身体亲密行为（亲吻、拥抱、深情抚摸以及性行为前后的生殖器接触）。大多数视频（分别为91%和68%的视频）中至少存在一个身体和言语亲密行为的例子。大多数形式的身体和言语亲密行为发生在性行为之前或期间，性行为之后的亲密行为最不明显。我们还测试了亲密行为的存在是否与观众对视频的互动（点赞和差评）以及观看次数有关。七种亲密行为形式中只有一种，即关心（言语方面），与更多互动（即每10万次观看的点赞和差评数量）有关，并且与观看次数没有关联。我们结合性脚本理论认识并讨论了这些发现对MSM理解亲密行为的潜在影响。
