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Cruising for sex, or cruising, is walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety.〔 Published: 11-14-2007〕〔 Published: 9-21-2005 Article from NYT about a cruising area in New York City〕 The term is also used when technology is used to find casual sex, such as using an Internet site or a telephone service. ==Origin and historical usage== According to historian and author Tim Blanning, the term cruising originates from the Dutch equivalent ''kruisen''.〔Tim Blanning. ''The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815''. p 81. ISBN 978-0-670-06320-8.〕 In a specifically sexual context, the term "cruising" originally emerged as an argot "code word" in gay slang, by which those "in the know" would understand the speaker's unstated sexual intent, whereas most heterosexuals, on hearing the same word in the same context, would normally misread the speaker's intended meaning in the word's more common (and presumably less threatening) nonsexual sense. This served (and in some contexts, still serves) as a protective sociolinguistic mechanism for gay men to recognize each other, and avoid being recognized by those who may wish to do them harm in broader societies noted for their homophobia. In the latter half of the twentieth century, decriminalization of homosexual behaviour increasingly became the norm in English-speaking countries. The protective barrier once provided by the term "cruising" as a "code word" has therefore largely broken down and, arguably, become increasingly irrelevant. Thus the specifically sexual meaning of the term has passed into common usage to include the sexual behavior of heterosexual persons, as well. Public health officials have noted that cruising locations are frequented by men who have sex with men, but do not identify with being homosexual or bisexual, who are closeted, married, or in relationships with women, do not date men or frequent gay bars, clubs or websites, or have otherwise no other way of meeting men for sex.〔(Tradition of sex cruising at Aquatic Park to end ). John Geluardi. ''Berkeley Daily Planet''. 19-12-2001. Retrieved 17-01-2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cruising for sex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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