Maschilità “sacrificate”, maschilità “esibite” e maschilità “revansciste” nel sex work di strada

This article, focusing on ethnographic data on male street sex work collected by the author between 2011 and 2018, aims to highlight the meanings attributed to sexual-economic exchange and outline the hierarchical relations that are defined by the hegemonic construction of gender and sexuality but also, inevitably, by the payment of a wage following a performance with the aim of identifying the ways through which situational and negotiated models of masculinity are constructed. The analysis proves that male reputation must be constantly preserved and since it determines a sort unearned advantage, it is constantly monitored and “valued” by both sex workers and “clients”, as it is under perennial threat in contexts where gay "polluting" identities appear.