Paid Sexual Encounters among Men

ebook A Study in Ethics and Law · Routledge Research in Applied Ethics

By Timothy F. Murphy

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This book analyzes the ethics of men buying and selling sex to one another. It gathers in one place key ethical and legal issues that bear on the justification for the criminalization of male prostitution.

At present, prostitution—the solicitation or offer of paid sexual encounters—is criminalized in virtually the entire United States. Male prostitution is poorly studied across academic disciplines, and this book represents the first sustained ethical analysis of the topic. First, it shows that paid sexual encounters among men belong on a spectrum of transactional sexual relationships, and that many of its features are not distinctive in a way that justifies condemnation. It shows as well that the sexuality involved—men having sex with men—does not involve relationships that are immoral in a way that might justify criminalization. The book also demonstrates that men buying and selling sexual encounters can consent in morally meaningful ways, without reinforcing status inequality, Finally, the book reviews key constitutional law cases to show that a certain interpretation of the relationship between the law and morality justifies decriminalization of male prostitution.

Paid Sexual Encounters among Men will appeal to scholars and graduate students working in applied ethics, the philosophy of sex and gender, sociology, and law.

Paid Sexual Encounters among Men