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GENDER ISSUES
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 11-25Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-008-9051-y
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Heteronormativity; Masculinity; Prostitution; Sex workers; Trafficking
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The invisibility of men and boys in scholarly discussions of the global sex trade was analyzed through a sample of 166 recent articles published in social science journals. Most failed to acknowledge the existence of male sex workers at all. When male sex workers were discussed, they were assigned considerably more agency than female sex workers, the chief danger ascribed to them was HIV rather than violence, and the question of their sexual orientation was always addressed, whereas female sex workers were always assumed heterosexual. The results are discussed in the context of world system theory, Orientalism, and heteronormativity.
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