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Cruising (Sexual behavior)

LC control no.sh2008000915
Topical headingCruising (Sexual behavior)
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Variant(s)Sex cruising
Urban cruising (Sexual behavior)
See alsoSex
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Found inWork cat.: 2006364884: Mooshammer, Helge. Cruising, c2005: t.p. (cruising) p. 4 of cover ("'Cruising', ein Synonym für das Herumstreifen auf der Suche nach sexuellen Abenteuern ...)
Parlett, J. The poetics of cruising, 2022: ECIP galley (the author analyzes urban cruising as manifested in American poetry; cruising, poetry, and visual culture, ... visual erotic economy associated with gay cruising today; history of sexuality)
Google search, 6 Feb. 2008 (cruising for sex, 730,000; sex cruising, 50,600; gay cruising, 342,000)
Wikipedia, 6 Feb. 2008 ("Cruising for sex, or more commonly, cruising, denotes the act of walking or driving about a locality in search or pursuit of a suitable partner for sex, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety ... the specifically sexual meaning of the term has passed into common usage to include the sexual behavior of heterosexual persons, as well")