| “White tiles. Trickling water. A man!”: The eroticisation of public toilets in literary representations of cottaging in London (2006) | |||||||||||
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| Chapter from Barbara Penner and Olga Gershenson eds Ladies and Gents Public Toilets and Gender forthcoming White tiles Trickling water man The eroticisation public toilets literary representations cottaging London Johan Andersson and Ben Campkin least since the London Journal ran front page editorial listing markets and bog houses where men met commit Sodomy quoted Norton the British media has helped reinforce link between male homosexuality and public conveniences Despite general liberalization attitudes towards homosexuality recent years certain parts the media remain obsessed with this association extreme example can found the rantings homophobic British tabloid columnist Richard Littlejohn who alone has penned over pieces the topic the last decade Aside from the tabloids and popular references cottaging such the video George Michael song Outside more serious representations have also emerged works gay fiction reinforcing the association gay male identity and Gentlemen rooms while also suggesting the particular erotics public toilet sex These literary images cottaging are deserving our attention not least because they point some the underlying social and psychological factors which have influenced gay men engage cottaging seeking sex and sometimes love public toilets Accounting for the use public toilets for cottaging problematic from the perspective formal urban research because its hidden nature illegality and because the need protect participants anonymity The first aca | |||||||||||
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