User talk:MNC-2016/Male prostitution

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I think this is a more developed wikipedia page versus the articles I have seen in this class. It provides a lot of information about Male prostitution and gave a lot of history. Within the sandbox, I think that information is good to enhance the article even more.

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

MNC-2016, Bem2c4, Elaineamery


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:MNC-2016/Male prostitution
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Male prostitution

Evaluate the drafted changes
-I found the intro paragraph to be very to the point, a great set up for the rest of the article. The term "male prostitution" is a very ambiguous topic to tackle, so I thought the intro did well in setting up the pins for the article to come.

-I don't believe the "introduction to prostitution" paragraph to be needed, it just seems to give sparknotes on on what is to come, and anything that may be needed for your upcoming passages could be included to the "history" portion.

-The added in links are plentiful, and I think you're off to a good foot by those standards

-The "Examples" seem to be randomly placed, not worthless information, but seem to be filler information. Also could argue that the couple usages that are beneficial could also be added to "History" as well.

-I found the regulation article to be very interesting, however I think that there is a chance to make the section more involved. Right now, it's capped with just the US and the British Empire. You could easily group more countries legislation regarding male prostitution to add some more fluff to your work. Overall, I found the "Regulation" section to be one of the more eye catching sections, so definitely focus upon helping and improving that section.

-After reading "Feminist Studies", I don't really understand the connection between the two. While I understand the "hidden population" aspect, I think that feminist studies and male prostitution are mutually exclusive.

-Short and to the point, pop culture has to have many other options and area to grow upon.

-"Help and Support for Male Sex Workers" is quite an interesting direction, as it's something I would have never considered before reading. I'm sure there are plenty of content and articles regarding the health and safety of sex workers, and I bet that if there's any direct works related to male workers could only boom this page with validity.

-Lastly, to point out the obvious, the top of the page claims it needs "additional citations for verification." Could only help to improve your work! KennyTharp (talk) 20:02, 29 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you for such thorough feedback! You've identified many of the concerns and opportunities for improvement that we did in our group. I would like your opinion on where we are interjecting on the page. which as you saw is mainly within the "sex tourism" section, do you think it would be more valuable to focus on pop culture? Should we try to do both? (That may be too ambitious?) Bem2c4 (talk) 20:22, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that many of the examples are randomly placed and some of the information could be reorganized like you suggested. Many other people have pointed out that we could use more citations, and my group plans on adding these. I agree that the "Feminist Studies" section on the male prostitution page might seem out of place, I think it might be valuable to add more information explaining the relationship between the two. Thank you for your feedback! Elaineamery (talk) 21:37, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Like Elaine said, I also think that a lot of the examples are all over the place. Our group has found many additional citations that will hopefully be very useful for our contributions which addresses the need for additional citations. Our main focus is to add additional information to the sex tourism section of the article which is apparent from our draft, but like Bailey mentioned, I think adding more about pop culture would be helpful for representation purposes. Thanks for the great feedback! MNC-2016 (talk) 03:47, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review Draft

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

MNC-2016, Bem2c4, Elaineamery


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:MNC-2016/Male prostitution
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Male prostitution

Evaluate the drafted changes
Looking at your draft, I think you did a great job including information from our last book. Which subtopic are you wanting to put this information? Maybe you can add in how females are not the only customers for male sex workers and how some people use sex tourism to explore their sexuality. I think overall this wiki page has a lot of information, but as you may already know, some citations are missing. I think I would also suggest that you have some more updated articles. In the section about online connections to male prostitution, I would also talk about hookup apps like Grindr and how people use dating apps and even social media to meet others for that transactional sexual interaction. Gf6f3 (talk) 01:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)


 * We are going to put this information under the "sex tourism" section. We completely agree that the article must be amended in a way that will acknowledge that male prostitution is not consumed solely by women, we are hoping that our interjection will focus on highlighting different sexual consumers.
 * Also, I love your suggestion to look at dating apps! I think that definitely could be incorporated into this article. Bem2c4 (talk) 20:26, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I also love your suggestion to look at dating apps that are heavily associated with sexual transactions! We were planning on adding information about how queer identities and exploration of those identities fit into sex work as well. Elaineamery (talk) 21:34, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * We're planning on adding how individuals explore their sexualities through sex tourism, which you mentioned in your feedback. I think adding information on hookup apps would benefit how current technology use influences transactional sex work. Thanks for the feedback! MNC-2016 (talk) 03:51, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

(provide username). MNC-2016


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:MNC-2016/Male prostitution


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Male prostitution

Evaluate the drafted changes
The article has okay leads, the draft is very important and could have leads and subheading put throughout the article to touch on the various important mentions( STD, children, negative connotations etc.) The content is very good. The article is very thoughtful and thorough. That being said the sandbox mentions very important concepts that are relatively nuanced and I think need further expanded. I think the article is as unbiased as possible. I think a few more citations/sources could be added. More images would be helpful to understand how male prostitution is understood across cultures. I also think changing the title to male sex work would give it a less negative connotation. Tge3hn (talk) 02:08, 4 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree that the article has an okay lead section now. My group has discussed some modifications to this section like either taking out or creating a section that talks about the effects of the pandemic and monkey pox, It mentions this in the lead then does not touch the subject every again on the page. Many other people have mentioned adding citations as well, and we are hoping the citations we find work well in this article. I also like your suggestion of changing it to male sex work to broaden the topic to cover more ambiguous examples. Elaineamery (talk) 21:32, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Elaine's comments hit on all the points I would make, too. However, I am not sure about changing the name of the page. Maybe to destigmatize the word we should use it and make a section that better reflects the conversation surrounding prostitution versus sex work. Bem2c4 (talk) 21:45, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Totally agree with understanding male sex work through different cultures. We have found a few citations that address male sex work in some African countries, this will hopefully expand the view of transactional sex in other cultures. Like Elaine mentioned we're wanting to address the issues in the lead article that discuss the effects of COVID-19 and monkeypox on male sex work and the stigma that these may have on male sex workers who have sex with other men. Thanks for the feedback Tevis! MNC-2016 (talk) 03:57, 10 October 2022 (UTC)