Kumar Navin, Minichiello Victor, Scott John, Harrington Taylor
a Department of Sociology , Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut , USA.
b Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health, and Society, School of Justice , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia.
J Homosex. 2017;64(12):1731-1744. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2016.1265356. Epub 2016 Nov 28.
This article details a preliminary dataset of global male escort sites to give insight into the scale of the online market. We conducted a content analysis of 499 Web sites and also measured traffic to these sites. Our analysis examined the structural characteristics of escort services, geographical and regulatory contexts, and resilience of such services. Results suggest that most sites are independent and not affiliated to escort agencies, and the majority cater to male escorts soliciting male clients, with a number of sites for female clientele and couples. These Web sites are dispersed globally, with Asian, European, and South American countries the major hubs in the market and a small number of large multinational sites based in the United States and Europe figuring as a major presence in markets. Although still subject to high levels of regulation in many parts of the world, the data suggest that male escorting is becoming more visible in diverse cultural contexts as measured by the number of Web sites appearing in public spaces.
本文详细介绍了一个全球男妓网站的初步数据集，以深入了解在线市场的规模。我们对499个网站进行了内容分析，并测量了这些网站的流量。我们的分析考察了男妓服务的结构特征、地理和监管背景以及此类服务的弹性。结果表明，大多数网站是独立的，与男妓机构没有关联，并且大多数网站迎合男妓招揽男性客户，还有一些网站面向女性客户和情侣。这些网站遍布全球，亚洲、欧洲和南美洲国家是市场的主要枢纽，少数总部位于美国和欧洲的大型跨国网站在市场中占据主要地位。尽管在世界许多地区仍受到高度监管，但数据表明，从公共场所出现的网站数量来看，男妓服务在不同文化背景下正变得越来越明显。
