Hunting on the Streets”

Masculine Repertoires Among Israeli Clients of Street-Based Sex Work

Bibliographic Data

ID12466248
AuthorsYeela Lahav-Raz (0000-0003-1753-3375, University of Leicester, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume24
Issue1
Pages230-247
Publication date2019-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexuality & Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1095-5143 • E-ISSN: 1936-4822
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s12119-019-09636-0
OpenAlexW2966845679
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited60

In this article, I discuss the unique masculine repertoire of Israeli clients of street-based sex work. In doing so, I aim to reveal the deep meaning of sex consumption on the street while reflecting on the way in which universal and local masculine repertoires are negotiated and contested. Based on a discourse analysis of online sexual reports, the article focuses on clients’ metaphoric language of themselves as hunters when describing sexual encounters on the street, arguing that the hunting metaphor has become a channel through which a community of “warriors” has been built. The sexual script of the hunter is a mixture of intersecting characteristics from the universal dominant repertoire of hegemonic, heteronormative hyper-masculinity with characteristics from the two Israeli masculine hegemonic repertoires: the combat soldier and the Halutz (pioneer). The sexual script of the hunter thus functions as a platform on which other relations of power, especially between men themselves, are played out and contested

Art · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Literature · Masculinity · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Political science · Power (physics · Repertoire · Sex work · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology