The Loss of Boystown and Transition to Online Sex Work: Strategies and Barriers to Increase Safety Among Men Sex Workers and Clients of Men.
The Loss of Boystown and Transition to Online Sex Work: Strategies and Barriers to Increase Safety Among Men Sex Workers and Clients of Men.
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10.1177/1557988316655785
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2018-11
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Shannon K
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Argento E;Taylor M;Jollimore J;Taylor C;Jennex J;Krusi A;Shannon K
温哥华的男性性工作者在很大程度上从街头转向网上招揽，同时失去了“男孩城”，这是男性主要的户外性工作漫步。本文探讨了策略和障碍，以提高男性和跨性别工作者和客户的男性在温哥华，加拿大的安全。定性访谈进行了（2012-2013）与61自我认定的男子谁目前购买和/或出售性行为在一个以社区为基础的研究项目称为CHAPS（社区健康评估的男子谁购买和出售性）。在社会生态学框架的基础上，利用ATLAS.ti 7软件对男性（39名工人; 8名买家）的访谈记录进行了专题分析。有关叙述表明，中产阶级化和城市规划导致性产业中的男子社会孤立和社会支持网络的丧失。与此同时，将性工作转变为在线工作增加了工作者的安全和控制。叙述揭示了互联网如何提供更多的机会来谈判性工作的条款，并使用网络摄像头加强筛选，与街头相比，减少了暴力，耻辱和警察骚扰工人和客户的风险。这项研究强调了失去男孩镇如何导致社区和团结的丧失：性工作者的关键保护措施。在线招揽提高了工作人员筛选潜在客户和防止暴力的能力。加拿大最近的法律的改革进一步将性工作定为犯罪，引起了对性行业中个人的人权和健康的严重关切，并指出在政策讨论中迫切需要听取男子和变性性工作者和购买者的意见。
Men sex workers in Vancouver have largely transitioned from street to online solicitation coinciding with losing “Boystown,” the main outdoor sex work stroll for men. This article explores strategies and barriers to increase safety among men and trans sex workers and clients of men in Vancouver, Canada. Qualitative interviews were conducted (2012–2013) with 61 self-identified men who currently buy and/or sell sex in a community-based research project known as CHAPS (Community Health Assessment of Men Who Purchase and Sell Sex). Drawing on a socioecological framework, thematic analysis of interview transcripts was conducted utilizing ATLAS.ti 7 software among men (39 workers; 8 buyers). Narratives indicate that gentrification and urban planning led to social isolation and loss of social support networks among men in the sex industry. Concurrently, the restructuring of sex work to online increased workers’ safety and control. Narratives reveal how the Internet can provide greater opportunities to negotiate terms of sex work and enhanced screening using webcams, reducing risks of violence, stigma, and police harassment for both workers and clients compared with the street. This study highlights how losing Boystown led to a loss of community and solidarity: key protective measures for sex workers. Online solicitation increased workers’ capacity to screen prospective clients and prevent violence. Recent legal reforms in Canada to further criminalize sex work raise significant concern for human rights and health of individuals in the sex industry, and point to the critical need to include voices of men and trans sex workers and buyers in policy discussions.