Homosexual Communication: An Intertextual Analysis

I remember very well my first biology class in school back in the early 2000. A class attended by both boys and girls. We were supposed to be educated about our genital organs by our male teacher. But I do not remember much of what was explained, maybe because very little was really explained. However, I remember many other things about this day; my teacher’s red cheeks and avoidant looks, the secretive laughs of my male colleagues and the intentional absence of my female colleagues who were very shy to attend. I remember how my best friend criticized me for attending this class and said “I was too bold to stay among boys and watch the teacher stripping me naked with his words.”
I also remember the first day of my menstruation; I remember how I cried for three long hours alone in my room thinking that I lost my …show more content…
However I realized how hard it is to ask about such a sensitive topic in a face to face setting. I knew that asking people to open up about their sexuality to someone they know was not an easy task. And the result might not be credible for many reasons; on top of them is how Egyptians deal with their sexuality as a highly private issue. Sex is what we do but we do not talk about. For that reason, I decided to study their sexual communications on the internet, specifically anonymous communications. I wanted to explore the same people but in a much more comfortable platform “the internet”. Influenced by Erving Goffman theory of “Impression management’; I believe what many Egyptians choose to do online sexually is always a performance, a facet of their true identity. I believe many stories about sex can be told by observing our sex online communication and a certain truth can be unpacked.
In this thesis, I aim to explore a rarely researched field in Egypt. I am exploring sexuality perceptions and maybe hidden realities, and on top of all, a very vulnerable side of our human