caa a22 4500 606231846 CHVBK 20210128101222.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0344-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0344-9 Social-Emotional Aspects of Male Escorting: Experiences of Men Working for an Agency [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Smith, Christian Grov, David Seal, Nicholas Bernhardt, Peter McCall] Social situations and emotional correlates associated with male sex work have not been well documented. Most of the research in this area focuses on sexual activity with little mention of other aspects of the job. Yet, research with female sex workers finds significant social and emotional components to sex work. The current study focused on how male sex workers (MSWs) perceived and adapted to the social-emotional aspects of their job. As part of a larger project examining MSWs working for a single escort agency, 40 men (M age, 22.3years, 75% Caucasian) located in the mid-Atlantic U.S. participated in semi-structured interviews. The agency owner was also interviewed. Participants reported a range of social and emotional factors regarding sex work and employed a variety of strategies to provide good customer service and adapt to negative experiences. For most, social support was inhibited due to fear of stigmatization that might result if participants disclosed sex work to significant others outside the agency. Instead, interactions within the agency provided core work-related social support for most MSWs. Emotional and relational tasks inherent to escort work grew easier with experience and negativity about the job declined. Our data suggested that socially connected individuals seemed to be more satisfied with sex work. Social and emotional requirements represented a significant but unanticipated component of male sex work to which escorts actively adapted. Escorting may be similar to other service occupations in terms of the social-emotional situations and skills involved. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Sex work nationallicence Prostitution nationallicence Coping nationallicence Well-being nationallicence Men who have sex with men nationallicence Smith Michael Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., 17870, Selinsgrove, PA, USA aut Grov Christian Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY and The Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), Brooklyn, NY, USA aut Seal David Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Bernhardt Nicholas Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., 17870, Selinsgrove, PA, USA aut McCall Peter Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., 17870, Selinsgrove, PA, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/4(2015-05-01), 1047-1058 0004-0002 44:4<1047 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0344-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0344-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith Michael Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., 17870, Selinsgrove, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grov Christian Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY and The Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), Brooklyn, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seal David Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bernhardt Nicholas Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., 17870, Selinsgrove, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McCall Peter Psychology Department, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., 17870, Selinsgrove, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/4(2015-05-01), 1047-1058 0004-0002 44:4<1047 2015 44 10508