Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Only one previous study has been conducted on this phenomenon, and the present study sought to provide new knowledge about the meaning of this practice for participants.
We conducted a qualitative analysis of data derived from 68 individual experience descriptions and 25 semi-structured interviews with puppies and handlers. The five themes include: 1 sexual pleasure; 2 relaxation, therapy, and escape from self; 3 adult play and vibrant physicality; 4 extending and expressing selfhood; and 5 relationships and community. Clair, , for a community perspective on the origins of this activity.
Clair, Wignall and McCormack reported on the first academic study focussed on pup play behavior. They presented the findings from a UK-based qualitative study focused on the narratives and meanings of puppy play. They interviewed 30 participants either in person or via Skype. All participants were Caucasian cis-gendered gay or bisexual males between 18 and 35 years of age. This article provides a description of many key features of puppy play including information about routes into the practice, the role of sex, and headspace.
This study provides a valuable foundation, but there remains a considerable gap in our understanding of this practice, particularly concerning the meaning of this experience, its psychological appeal, and the role of others in the form of relationships and community. Wignall drew on the same UK-based dataset described above but explored the use of Twitter in pup community development.
This article described the place of social media, particularly Twitter, in the creation and maintenance of the UK puppy play community. The article described the use of Twitter to share information often sexual about puppy play with participants employing pup pseudonyms within closed homogenous pup groups. Twitter appeared to be the preferred form of social media among this sample, in large part because of existing use by pup play enthusiasts and the way that it could be incorporated into everyday use discretely using mobile technology.
