Male sex work in the UK:

Whowell, Mary; Gaffney, Justin

doi:10.2307/j.ctt9qgvwj.11

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“…These dimensions reveal the ordinariness of much commercial sex, in contrast to the way policy debates often focus on the deviant sexuality of sex customers as ‘client, punter, pimp, trafficker, and rapist’ (Whowell, 2010: 127–8). The exploration of how discourses of bodies, work and ordinary leisure are manifest in the market device of sex review sites must encourage rethinking of the oversimplified policy discussions that have been problematised by Scoular (2010).…”

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The Judgement Machine: Markets, Internet Technologies and Policies in Commercial Sex

Pettinger

2014

Social Policy & Society

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A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or, version of record, if you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the 'permanent WRAP url' above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact the WRAP Team at: publications@warwick.ac.ukThe Judgement Machine: Markets, Internet technologies and policies in commercial sex AbstractThe judgements and valuations made on Internet review sites are part of contemporary consumer culture. This article considers what such sites do in the market for commercial sex. It contributes to policy discussions in two ways. Firstly, it considers how the infrastructure and mechanisms of the web enables organising, searching and reporting of consumer experience and hence how web reviews mediate commercial markets. It thereby draws links between social policies that concern the Internet and those that relate to sex work. Secondly, it explores how sex review sites mediate the field of commercial sex and discusses some of the potential insights for policy audiences. Policies directed at the regulation of this market will benefit from clear recognition of what customers understand their actions to be and how they participate in the construction of norms about commercial sex.

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Section: Markets Bodies Work and Leisurementioning

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The Judgement Machine: Markets, Internet Technologies and Policies in Commercial Sex

Pettinger

2014

Social Policy & Society

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Twenty‐First Century Party People: Young People and Sexual Exploitation in the New Millennium

Melrose

2012

Child Abuse Review

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This article reviews existing evidence and debates in relation to young people and sexual exploitation in the light of new empirical evidence generated through primary research. This research explored the types of sexual exploitation that practitioners had worked with in the preceding year and Local Safeguarding Children Boards’ responses to young people's sexual exploitation. The findings indicate that there may be several models of sexual exploitation operating simultaneously in any particular area, and the article therefore suggests that the discourse on young people's sexual exploitation that has dominated policy and practice for more than a decade in the UK requires reconsideration to account for the complex forms of sexual exploitation young people experience in the 21st century. The paper suggests that, in order to provide young people with the most appropriate support, practice responses need to be developed from the concrete conditions in which young people are subject to sexual exploitation, rather than applying abstract ‘models’ that fail to capture the lived experience of the young people concerned. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Messages There is confusion in relation to identifying child sexual exploitation.Several models of child sexual exploitation may be operating simultaneously in any one place and at any one time.Practitioners need to account for the agency and decision‐making process of young people when working with those who are sexually exploited.

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