ABSTRACT
Although sex work is regarded as a highly gendered practice, masculinity has been largely absent in the research literature on sex work. This is significant in that sex work is highly spatialised in the way in which it is practised and understood, there being distinctions regularly drawn between sex work conducted in outdoor and indoor settings. These distinctions have informed the way in which both clients and sex workers have been regulated and how commercial sexual exchanges are experienced. This chapter also examines the diverse contexts in which sex work occurs, emphasising its global and historical dimensions. In particular, technology has recently transformed the way in which sex work is structured and organised, impacting the health and safety of sex workers and clients.
