2013
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-71822013000500006
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Sex trade among men: negotiating sex, bodies and identity categories

Abstract: . Sex trade among men: negotiating sex, bodies and identity categories. 44 SEX TRADE AMONG MEN: NEGOTIATING SEX, BODIES AND IDENTITY CATEGORIES COMÉRCIO SEXUAL ENTRE HOMENS: NEGOCIANDO SEXO, CORPOS E CATEGORIAS IDENTITÁRIAS Murilo dos Santos Moscheta ABSTRACTCommercial sex is a marginalized and highly stigmatized activity in Brazilian culture. In this article we aim at investigating the discursive strategies used by young men who trade sex in order to resist stigmatization and social exclusion. We interviewed… Show more

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“…While female sex workers carry stigmatised identities for being sex workers, female sex worker/male client pairings still conform to the heterosexual norm condoned by dominant gender constructs. But the exchange of sex for money amongst men contradicts the socially appropriate ideas about the role the male body should play during sex (Moscheta 2013). For these male sex workers, discussions of sex work are centred on financial necessity and gain as opposed to participation solely revolving around sexual pleasure or entertainment, solidifying these masculinities as "failed" (Joseph and Black 2012).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While female sex workers carry stigmatised identities for being sex workers, female sex worker/male client pairings still conform to the heterosexual norm condoned by dominant gender constructs. But the exchange of sex for money amongst men contradicts the socially appropriate ideas about the role the male body should play during sex (Moscheta 2013). For these male sex workers, discussions of sex work are centred on financial necessity and gain as opposed to participation solely revolving around sexual pleasure or entertainment, solidifying these masculinities as "failed" (Joseph and Black 2012).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Neste estudo elegemos como objeto de investigação a mulher que se move nas trilhas da prostituição feminina, por entendermos que ela envolve códigos, estratégias de sobrevivência e práticas sociais que involucram significados diferentes do universo da prostituição masculina (Moscheta, McNamee, & Santos, 2013;Santos, 2010Santos, , 2011.…”
Section: Experiencias De Discriminación Y Resistencia De Una Prostituunclassified
“…Pascoe’s (2005) ethnography of a high school noted a ‘fag discourse’ that served to structure the social and power relations between boys (see also Alldred and David, 2007). Nayak and Kehily (2006: 465) argued that teen boys aimed performatively to reproduce an idealised ‘perfect boy’ manifesting a straight masculinity, while Moscheta et al. (2013) found that young men who traded sex sought either to subvert or conserve normative sexuality discourses.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%