Tearoom Trade Ethics

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Tearoom trade ethics.

Dissertation which was entitled tearoom trade. He influenced generations of scholars who research. 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. Laud humphrey s tearoom trade study deception was used in this case study and represents violating the.

Impersonal sex in public. In sociologist and ordained episcopalian minister laud humphreys published his book the tearoom trade. By pretending to be a simple voyeur humphreys explains that he systematically observed these activities and even recorded the license plate numbers of a sample of tearoom. 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.

Impersonal sex in public places. 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. In the s phd student in sociology laud.

Humphreys asserted that the men participating in such activity came from diverse social backgrounds. The penalty for a minor violation rarely goes beyond a letter. 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.

Robert allan laud humphreys october 16 1930 in chickasha oklahoma august 23 1988 was an american sociologist and author. His open minded approach and sociologist approach helps in avoiding a judgment but providing an explanation to the dynamics of the tearoom situation. Case studies debates about the ethics of the tearoom trade study methodology. 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.

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. Professional social science associations have committees that review codes of ethics and hear about possible violations but does not strictly enforcement the codes.