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Male Sex Working and Masculinity: Finding ‘Check and Balance’ Between Stigmatisation and Homosexualisation
2021
Abstract in conference proceedings
SEX WORK IS (ALSO) A MALE THING. The long journey towards legitimisation
2022
This chapter aims at re- shaping the representations, theories, rhetoric, organisation, and types of male sex work as a complex, uncomfortable, and controversial phenomenon located at the crossroads of masculinity and socio- sexual change – something in between traditional models, new configurations, and new normativities.
The evolution of the male sexworking towards new digital scenarios
2021
The aim of this contribution is to show some features of the male sex worker in the last century, since the pathologisation of the prostitution to the full digitalisation of the sexual esplicit media. Today a lot of male sex workers have the chance to shake the stigma off and achieve a new respectable status in some subcultures.
A sociology of queer implications? Methodological inquietudes and ethical involvements in the study of non-normative sexualities
2018
The article represents an epistemological and methodological enquiry on the use of qualitative research methods, and specifically ethnographical practice, in the study of non-normative sexualities. It will take mainly into account a series of ethnographic observations of an ongoing research project on male sex work in southern Italy.
The sociologist as cruiser. (Auto-)ethnographic selves, masculinities and race in male sex work arenas
2014
Marginalità, esclusione sociale e politiche di intervento. Studi e ricerche dei laboratori dei corsi di studio in servizio sociale
2022
Il volume raccoglie alcuni contributi scaturiti da attività di ricerca e didattica di due laboratori dei Corsi di studio in Servizio sociale del Dipartimento Culture e società dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo: il Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di ricerca su Corpi, Diritti, Conflitti e il Laboratorio di Servizio sociale. Marginale è chi vive una condizione di estraneità e non-appartenenza al contesto sociale, chi viene a trovarsi ai margini, ai confini del sistema sociale, a distanza dai processi centrali di distribuzione delle risorse sociali, non solo materiali, a indicare che le disuguaglianze sociali sono strettamente riconducibili a gradi diversi di integrazione sociale, e che la q…
Expression and characterization of the recombinant juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase (JHEH) from Manduca sexta.
1998
The cDNA of the microsomal Juvenile Hormone Epoxide Hydrolase (JHEH) from Manduca sexta was expressed in vitro in the baculovirus system. In insect cell culture, the recombinant enzyme (Ms-JHEH) was produced at a high level (100 fold over background EH catalytic activity). As expected, Ms-JHEH was localized in the microsomal fraction with a molecular mass of approximately 50 kDa. Ms-JHEH showed a substrate and inhibitor spectrum similar to the wild type JHEH isolated from eggs of M. sexta. Its enzymatic activity was the highest for Juvenile Hormone III. Ms-JHEH hydrolyzed several trans-epoxides faster than cis-epoxides. A putative hydroxyl-acyl enzyme intermediate was isolated suggesting a …
Does reading medium affect processing and integration of textual and pictorial information? A multimedia eye-tracking study
2020
Abstract This study investigated effects of reading medium (print vs. digital) on integrative processing and integrated understanding of an illustrated text on human sexuality, as well as whether reading medium indirectly affected integrated understanding via integrative processing. Participants were 100 undergraduate and graduate students in educational sciences. Integrative processing was indicated by participants’ gaze transitions between complementary textual and pictorial parts of the document during reading, and integrated understanding was indicated by participants’ integration of textual and pictorial information in post-reading written responses. Results showed that participants wh…
The association of the availability of offline gay scenes and national tolerance of homosexuality with gay and bisexual men's sexual online dating be…
2020
Abstract Based on a uses and gratifications perspective on media use, in this paper I analyze the important role played by dating sites for men who have sex with men (MSM) in their efforts to find offline sexual partners. To do so, I conducted two quantitative surveys. In Study 1, I compared the online dating behavior of 12,328 MSM from Germany and Austria with the availability of offline sexual gay venues and how frequently MSM visit such venues. In Study 2, I used a global sample of 30,789 MSM to compare the frequency and recency of online dates of men living in countries that support male homosexuality and those in countries that criminalize it. The findings suggest that MSM-specific dat…
Bases hormonals de la conducta prosocial: una revisió de la literatura
2016
Resumen: En los últimos años se ha intensificado el estudio de las conductas prosociales, incluyendo una mayor atención a los aspectos neuropsicobiológicos implicados en tales conductas, para entender su funcionamiento, así como para fomentarlas. Las investigaciones también pueden proporcionar una aproximación a la búsqueda de tratamientos más acertados a aquellas enfermedades en las que la cognición social se ve alterada. El objetivo principal del presente trabajo es establecer el estado actual de la cuestión, revisando la literatura publicada sobre las hormonas que influyen a la conducta prosocial, tanto en animales como en humanos. Los resultados de la investigación apuntan a la oxitocin…