Humphreys At A Glance Summary

“Humphreys at a Glance” is about sociologist Laud Humphreys who conducted a research on male-male sexual relationships at a public restroom referred to as tearooms. He pretended to be a simple voyeur. He observed all activities going on and recorded the license plate numbers of all participants. A year later he decided to visit their homes, and question them about the activity in the tearooms. He knew that the men would never agree to be a part of a survey or research if they were selected because of their participation in highly defamed and illicit behavior. This study was exceedingly notorious because several social scientists criticized that the research was conducted using dubious methods.
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