I do not believe that Drs. Lyman and Scott intended for this to
be a prejudiced comment. The idea here is that because the norms of
society revolve around hetrosexual relations, the EPISODE of the
homosexual interlude is more of an adventure due to its inherent risk of
societal sanctions.
The examples of the onenight stand and tea room trade are
compared to the hetrosexual affair. An affair implies long term
interaction in which the individuals can sustain a level intimacy
throughout all spheres of interaction.
I believe that Dr. Lyman is saying that the onenight stand
presupposes that both participants will only have that one chance to
express intimacy. Therefore affection and sex are separated from
interaction outside of the one night stand and only developed within it.
Dr. Thomas Calhoun, however, believes that Dr. Lyman is saying that the sex
and affection are separated within (as opposed to into) the one night
stand. Specifically the focus is on the sex act, and, because of the
nature of the interaction, affection has little meaning to the interaction.
One last point is that the text was updated in 1989, but was originally
written in the early 1970's.
Can you shed some light on this Dr. Lyman?
Timothy B. Gongaware
Ohio University
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