Tearoom Trade Ethics

Impersonal sex in public places is a 1970 book by laud humphreys humphreys book is based on his 1968 ph d.

Tearoom trade ethics.

The penalty for a minor violation rarely goes beyond a letter. Laud humphrey s tearoom trade study deception was used in this case study and represents violating the. Robert allan laud humphreys october 16 1930 in chickasha oklahoma august 23 1988 was an american sociologist and author. In tearoom trade 1970 1975 laud humphreys writes about the homosexual relations that took place in various tearooms i e public bathrooms in an unidentified american city during the mid to late 1960s.

He is noted for his research into sexual encounters between men in public bathrooms published as tearoom trade 1970 and for the questions that emerged from what many believe to be unethical research methods. In 1970 laud humphreys then a washington university phd student wrote his infamous thesis tearoom trade which was a study of homosexual behaviour between men in public toilets in a u s. Dissertation which was entitled tearoom trade. In the s phd student in sociology laud.

In sociologist and ordained episcopalian minister laud humphreys published his book the tearoom trade. A study of homosexual encounters in public places the study is an analysis of male male sexual behavior in public toilets. Without disclosing his role as a sociology researcher humphreys played the role of watchqueen that is he looked out for intruders while men performed. Impersonal sex in public places 1970 is commonly presented in many sociological methods texts as an example of covert and deceptive research methods that endangered subjects without their consent lenza 2004 p.

Humphreys asserted that the men participating in such activity came from diverse social backgrounds. The tearoom trade study by laud humphreys for example involved a researcher providing false information about the researcher s identity and purposes in order to find out about men having sex. Impersonal sex in public places. Stormie perea laud humphreys tea room trade.

The tearoom trade study from 1965 to 1968 laud humphreys an ordained episcopalian minister conducted dissertation research on men who have impersonal sex with men humphreys 1970. Professional social science associations have committees that review codes of ethics and hear about possible violations but does not strictly enforcement the codes. Impersonal sex in public. He influenced generations of scholars who research.

His open minded approach and sociologist approach helps in avoiding a judgment but providing an explanation to the dynamics of the tearoom situation. This version is also a nice addition as it adds the discussion of ethics i however the work is so much more and the discussion that humphrey brings forward is of dire interest even today.