Women are Victims, men make choices: The invisibility of men and boys in the global sex trade

Gender Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-25

  Dennis, Jeffery P ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteronormativity; Masculinity; Prostitution; Sex workers; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749137903     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-008-9051-y     Document Type: Article

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