Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure »

An interdisciplinary study of the male sex industry

The male sex industry receives far less attention from social scientists than its female counterpart. Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure fills this gap in the literature, providing a multifaceted and nonjudgmental examination of the entire male sex industry. Expanding beyond the single category of street-based prostitute, the book encompasses other areas, such as stripping, performing in pornography, and escorting for an agency or on the Internet. Leading experts in wide-ranging disciplines employ methodological tools such as naturalistic observation, surveys, and personal interviews to provide an important interdisciplinary exploration of the topic.

Rather than concentrate specifically on psychological profiles of sex workers, Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure focuses on the less studied aspects of the industry, such as the relational dynamics of street prostitutes, the personal experiences of racism in a gay strip club, and others. Employing researchers from disciplines such as anthropology, English, psychology, and sociology, this unique resource provides a revealing look at what really goes on in the clubs, on the streets, on the Internet, and behind the scenes of the gay porn industry. The book includes extensive references.

Areas studied in Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure include:

• interpersonal relationships among male street prostitutes
• gay sex tourism
• strippers and the performance of sexuality
• the environmental context of male street prostitution
• racism and the male sex industry
• escorts and professional self-identity
• performers in pornography and the retrogressive dynamic
• the personal and community needs of Internet escorts
• the fluidity of power dynamics between stripper and customer

Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure is an insightful resource valuable for educators and students in psychology, sociology, social work, men’s studies, sexology, anthropology, and gay and lesbian studies.

Foreword   Benjamin Scuglia     xix
Acknowledgments     xxi
Introduction
"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You": An Interdisciplinary Reader on Male Sex Work   Todd G. Morrison, PhD   Bruce W. Whitehead     1
On the Streets
Male Prostitution: Pathology, Paradigms and Progress in Research   David S. Bimbi, PhD (candidate)     7
Sex and the Unspoken in Male Street Prostitution   Kerwin Kaye, PhD (candidate)     37
Exploring the Interpersonal Relationships in Street-Based Male Sex Work: Results from an Australian Qualitative Study   David Leary, MCouns, PhD (candidate)   Victor Minichiello, PhD     75
In the Clubs
Power and Control in Gay Strip Clubs   Joseph R. G. DeMarco     111
Alienation of Sexuality in Male Erotic Dancing   David M. Boden, JD, PhD     129
The Closing of Atlantis   Jonathan David Jackson     153
On the Net and Beyond
Porn Star/Stripper/Escort: Economic and Sexual Dynamics in a Sex Work Career   Jeffrey Escoffier     173
"Nobody's Ever Going to Make a Fag Pretty Woman": Stigma Awareness and the Putative Effects of Stigma Among a Sample of Canadian Male Sex Workers   Todd G. Morrison, PhD   Bruce W. Whitehead     201
Looking Beyond HIV: Eliciting Individual andCommunity Needs of Male Internet Escorts   Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD   Juline A. Koken, PhD (candidate)   David S. Bimbi, PhD (candidate)     219
'Western Union Daddies' and Their Quest for Authenticity: An Ethnographic Study of the Dominican Gay Sex Tourism Industry   Mark B. Padilla, PhD, MPH     241
Conclusion
Musings on Male Sex Work: A "Virtual" Discussion   Rebecca L. Harriman, PhD (candidate)   Barry Johnston, MA (candidate)   Paula M. Kenny, MA     277
Index     319