PurposeududBy means of several auto-ethnographic stories (including a scene from a working script for a proposed film), the author interrogates numerous ideas and misconceptions about gay youth, both past and present. A “bargain of silence” sometimes following gay sexual encounters in youth is described. The paper aims to discuss these issues.udDesign/methodology/approachududThe author recounts a sexual experience with a male college student in his past. This dissonance catapulted the author to move from his small liberal arts college to the city and begin his education again at an art college.udFindingsududThe author then describes his personal attraction to a 16-year-old boy who lived near his lodgings during one summer’s break from art college. This time, the relationship remained purely platonic, but that did not seem to matter where the boy’s parents were concerned. The author’s social position and pretence coupled with his romantic outlook convinced him that anything was possible, even this platonic love. The painful lesson learned that summer was that this was not the case, and never would be. The boy’s parents threatened Jones, and he never saw the youth again. The author continues by discussing his award-winning research-based film, Rufus Stone, and the reactions and conversations following screenings, particularly with youth. This present generation seems to Jones to be a sexually ambivalent one, more comfortable with multiple choices or no choice at all. Nonetheless, these young people do identify with the complexity of feelings and insecurities presented by youth within the film.udResearch limitations/implicationsududIn a recent report on sexuality of American high school students by the Center for Disease Control, researchers found an ambivalence and “dissonance” amongst youth regarding sexuality and choice. The author acknowledges that there remains a contemporary problem of genuine acceptance by society, and that there still is work to be done. He also admits that present-day attitudes by youth regarding sexuality are one that he had previously assumed to be historical ones.udOriginality/valueududBeing straight or being gay can be viewed within the wider culture’s need to set up a sexual binary and force sexual “choice” decision-making for the benefit of the majority culture. Through the device of the fleeting moment, this essay hopes to interrogate the certainties and uncertainties of the “norms” of modernity by portraying sexuality in youth.
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机译：目的 ud ud通过数种民族志故事（包括拟定电影的工作剧本中的场景），作者审视了关于同性恋青年的许多想法和误解，包括过去和现在。描述了青年时期有时会发生同性恋性行为后的“沉默交易”。本文旨在讨论这些问题。 ud设计/方法论/方法 ud ud作者讲述了过去与男大学生发生的性经历。这种不和谐使提交人从他小的文理学院搬到了这座城市，并再次在一所艺术学院接受教育。 udFindings ud ud然后，作者描述了他的个人魅力吸引了一个住在他附近的16岁男孩。美术学院在一个暑假期间提供住宿。这次，这段恋情纯属平淡无奇，但这与男孩父母的关系无关紧要。作者的社会地位和伪装，加上他浪漫的外表使他相信，即使是柏拉图式的爱情，一切皆有可能。痛苦的教训是，夏天不是这样，而且永远不会这样。这个男孩的父母威胁琼斯，他再也见不到这个年轻人了。作者继续讨论他屡获殊荣的研究型电影Rufus Stone，以及放映后的反应和对话，尤其是与青年人的对话。在琼斯看来，这一代人是一个性矛盾的人，对选择或根本没有选择感到更自在。尽管如此，这些年轻人的确在影片中表现出年轻人所表现出的感觉和不安全感的复杂性。 ud研究局限性/含义 ud ud在疾病控制中心关于美国高中生性行为的最新报告中，研究人员发现青少年在性和选择方面的矛盾和“不和谐”。作者承认，目前仍然存在社会真正接受的问题，还有很多工作要做。他还承认，青年人对性行为的当今态度是他以前假定的历史性态度。 ud原始性/价值 ud ud可以在更广泛的文化中建立性二元性的需求范围内看待异性恋或同性恋并强迫性“选择”决策，以造福多数文化。本文希望通过转瞬即逝的方式，通过描绘年轻人的性行为来质疑现代性“规范”的确定性和不确定性。
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