Male Sex Work Online: Harnessing Digital Profiles to Enhance Research in Support of Health and Social Justice
摘要
Around the world, male sex work is an increasingly online endeavour, which presents unique opportunities for research and advocacy. This chapter examines large datasets of male sex work profiles from six contents and spanning more than a decade, asking questions about the potentials and pitfalls for research. While profiles provide a large, diverse, timely, longitudinal, and flexible source of data, their use must not replace other forms of direct investigation. Importantly, the only way for researchers to harness the true potential of online data is in partnership with sex work communities working together towards social justice.