KOKEN DAVID S. BIMBI “DEVIL WORSHIPPING MALE ESCORT ACCUSED OF KILLING SUGAR DADDY,” screamed a recent headline in the New York Daily News (Murphy, 2012). The piece described a gruesome murder allegedly committed by an 18-year-old male escort who reportedly participated in “satanic rituals.” The victim, a 36-year-old man who had apparently hired the escort after communicating with him on “gay websites,” was found bludgeoned and stabbed to death (see figure 9.1). The media coverage of the case painted a lurid picture of a mentally unstable young man who had recently begun working as an escort while employed at a low-paying retail chain by day. His victim and presumed client was an older man, a “sugar daddy” (at the age of 36) who reportedly owed the young man a substantial amount of money. The coverage reinforced and perpetuated the stereotype of the male sex worker as young, poor, mentally deranged, and criminal. The client was also portrayed stereotypically, as an older man who was victimized by the young sex worker.
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