Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University.
J Sex Res. 2024 Mar-Apr;61(3):481-494. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2235584. Epub 2023 Aug 1.
Smartphone-based dating applications like Grindr are popular among men who have sex with men (MSM), and it is common for MSM to engage in sexual activity with other users. Despite this, there is limited research on MSM's negotiations of consent for online sexual interactions and in-person sexual encounters. This study examined MSM's understandings and practices of consent on dating apps and in person. Interpretative phenomenological analysis of 25 interviews with MSM dating app users revealed that many participants could identify key aspects of consent but did not always apply those understandings to their own practices. For online sexual interactions, some participants viewed consent as connecting to a dating app - a practice I term "clickable consent" - while other participants viewed consent as continuous and communicated consent in explicit and implicit ways. Although all participants negotiated consent online in preparation for an in-person sexual encounter, some renegotiated consent in person with explicit or non-explicit communication, while others did not renegotiate consent in person. Results shed light on how MSM's online conversations impact their in-app and in-person sexual activities, and reveal challenges that MSM face in digital and physical spaces. Conclusions, implications, and suggestions for future research are discussed further.
基于智能手机的约会应用程序（如 Grindr）在男男性行为者（MSM）中很受欢迎，MSM 与其他用户进行性活动是很常见的。尽管如此，对于 MSM 在在线性互动和现实中的性接触中协商同意的研究仍然有限。本研究考察了 MSM 在约会应用程序和现实生活中对同意的理解和实践。对 25 名使用约会应用程序的 MSM 进行的解释现象学分析表明，许多参与者可以识别同意的关键方面，但并不总是将这些理解应用于自己的实践。对于在线性互动，一些参与者将同意视为与约会应用程序的连接——我将其称为“可点击同意”——而其他参与者则将同意视为持续的，并以明确和隐含的方式传达同意。尽管所有参与者都在线协商同意以准备现实中的性接触，但有些参与者在现实中通过明确或非明确的沟通重新协商同意，而有些则没有在现实中重新协商同意。研究结果揭示了 MSM 的在线对话如何影响他们的应用内和现实中的性活动，并揭示了 MSM 在数字和物理空间中面临的挑战。进一步讨论了结论、影响和对未来研究的建议。
