“I Wanted to Feel Like a Man Again”: Hegemonic Masculinity in Relation to the Purchase of Street-Level Sex

This article examines the narratives of men who purchase sex from street-level providers in a mid-sized city in Western Canada. We explore what men’s stories tell us about how masculinity is constructed in relation to street sex work. These men narrated their purchase of sex as attempts to exercise...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leah Shumka, Susan Strega, Helga Kristin Hallgrimsdottir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2017.00015/full