Male sex work in the UK: forms, practice and policy implications

Whowell, Mary; Gaffney, Justin

doi:10.46692/9781847421074.006

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“…The characteristics and experiences of those working in the sex industry are also changing: meaning new policy responses are required to respond to new needs and modes of work. We know the sex industry to be widely diverse, dynamic and mobile (Whowell and Gaffney, 2009;Wagenaar and Altink, 2012;Pitcher, 2015;Hester et al, 2019). People in the industry have different trajectories, degrees of control and constraints.…”

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“…Fear of stigma, negative experiences and in some cases coercion and control mean that sex work and prostitution are often hidden (Dodsworth, 2012;Walby et al, 2016). The sex industry is diverse, dynamic and mobile, with people moving in and out of the industry, across sectors and geographically (Whowell and Gaffney, 2009;Pitcher, 2015;Hester et al, 2019). Even where sex work is legal, the industry tends to operate in the shadows and individuals selling sex tend to mistrust and resist policy measures (Wagenaar et al, 2017).…”

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Prostitution and Sex Work, Who Counts? Mapping Local Data to Inform Policy and Service Provision

Lanau

Matolcsi

2022

Social Policy and Society

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Data on the sex industry is notably hard to obtain. Existing evidence points towards an increase in the number of people selling sex, particularly through the online industry. The growing and increasingly diverse population poses challenges to service provision, as new groups are less visible and less likely to be in contact with specialist services. Simultaneously, there are increased calls for policies regulating the sex industry to be grounded in evidence. Relying on systematic literature and data reviews, this article provides a synthesis of the evidence on the prevalence of sex work and prostitution in England and Wales. It shows that no existing source allows producing reliable estimates of the size and characteristics of sex markets. As a result, policy is informed by partial pictures. The article proposes local mapping, an underused approach, to inform both policy development and service provision.

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confidence: 99%