Male sexwork: from the street to the web

Journal title SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Author/s Mirco Costacurta, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Cirus Rinaldi
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2021/3
Language English Pages 17 P. 83-99 File size 200 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2021-003005
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L’intersezione di omosessualità e prostituzione, ha prodotto un particolare tipo di attore sociale che si trova a convertire le sue risorse sessuali in pecuniarie, dando vita così a nuove forme di maschilità come quella del sexworker. Lo scopo di questo intervento è quello di evidenziare, attraverso una revisione della letteratura in-ternazionale, come il sexwork maschile si sia sviluppato storicamente e socialmen-te dall’inizio del Novecento fino ad arrivare all'era della digitalizzazione.

Keywords: homosexuality; sexwork; digitalsexwork; maleprostitution; onlyfans; pornography

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Mirco Costacurta, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Cirus Rinaldi, Il sexwork maschile: dalla strada al web in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 3/2021, pp 83-99, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2021-003005