Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure (Book Review‪)‬

Male Sex Work: A Business Doing Pleasure Morrison, Todd G. and Bruce W. Whitehead (Eds). Binghamton: Haworth Press, 2007, 328pp + xxvi. ISBN: 978-1-56023-727-3, $29.50 paper, $85.00 hardcover. This edited volume draws together leading academics who conduct research on male sex work. Compared to female sex work, far less research has been carried out on the topic of male sex work, and it is said this is because male sex work breaks two long-standing taboos: a taboo as it regards buying/selling sex and a taboo as it regards male-with-male sexual relations. When one hears the words "male sex work" or "sex trade" the tendency is to think of street-level prostitution. One strong point of Male Sex Work as an edited volume is that it offers chapters on diverse practices ranging from male escorting to porn star acting, street hustling to male erotic dancing. The contributors to Male Sex Work come from multiple social science disciplines. Many of the contributors have experience as male sex workers or as activist allies.