ABSTRACT
Here is the most comprehensive empirical study ever published about male prostitutes and their clients. Written by one of the most distinguished international scholars in psychiatry and criminal justice, this book provides a carefully designed presentation of in-depth interviews with several hundred London “rent boys.” The interviews included a large sample of one-to-one conversations in a private room tape-recorded with the consent of the interviewees. Dr. West and his colleague, Mr. de Villiers, bring you squarely into the everyday lives of male prostitutes and cover little known details of their lives, such as:
- the drift into homelessness
- sexual orientation
- entry into prostitution
- sexual orientation
- threats of blackmail, violence, and murder by male prostitutes or their clients
- attitudes and intentions of the male prostitutes
- post-prostitution careers, legal and criminology issues
- personal fears, desires, and interests of male prostitutes
Encyclopedic in scope and depth, Male Prostitution never strays from combining high-level research presented in a readily understandable and often entertaining style and incisive insights and issues critical for both the informed layperson and researchers in human sexuality. Dr. West and his colleague provide is a source of unbiased, detailed information on the male sex industry and their clients which is unavailable in any other book published to date.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |175 pages
Street Workers
chapter |3 pages
Composition of the Main Sample
chapter |16 pages
Early Backgrounds
chapter |11 pages
Sexual Orientation
chapter |19 pages
Sex Abuse in Childhood
chapter |9 pages
The Drift into Homelessness
chapter |19 pages
Entry into Prostitution
chapter |19 pages
Transacting the Business
chapter |16 pages
Transactions that Turn Sour
chapter |15 pages
More Problems
chapter |9 pages
Attitudes and Intentions
chapter |22 pages
A Supplementary Sample of Street Workers
chapter |15 pages
Later Careers of Street Workers
part |60 pages
Advertised Services
chapter |12 pages
The Scope of the Male Sex Industry
chapter |27 pages
Agency Operations
chapter |19 pages
Self-Employed Masseurs
part |63 pages
Social Issues in Commercial Sex