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Journal of homosexuality, 1988-01, Vol.15 (3-4), p.119-136
Ort / Verlag
Binghamton, NY: Taylor & Francis Group
Erscheinungsjahr
1988
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The book ôOn Being a Prostituteö (Perkins & Bennett, 1985) is a valuable contribution to the sociology of deviance and sexual ideologies. However, comprehensive as it is, the book presents certain omissions and flaws, with implications for both its empirical data and theoretical underpinnings. In focusing on male (homoerotic) prostitution, and drawing upon BennettÆs (1983) ôTwenty-Tenö survey (which forms the main empirical base of that aspect of the book), I argue that certain categories of male prostitutes have been excluded. These omissions, I suggest, were necessary to allow BennettÆs hypothesis that most male prostitution derives from economic necessity û a recurrent economic determinism reminiscent of Havelock Ellis (1906/1936), and somewhat contrary to a broader structural approach (see Mathews, 1983).