The Feuerstein Perspective on the Modification of Cognitive Performance

This article analyzes five life stories of male sex workers in the tourist enclave of Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, to understand how racism, institutional exclusion, and the sexualization of the racialized body shape their trajectories. Based on narrative interviews and an intersectional, decolonial approach to masculinity, this study examines their affective relationships, agency strategies, and the meanings of life in contexts of structural inequality. In contrast to pathologizing perspectives on sex work, the article proposes a critical and situated reading that recognizes these narratives as embodied knowledge. It highlights their potential to challenge colonial imaginaries about desire, the body, and masculinity, and brings up the urgency of embracing epistemologies arising from the margins. The article contributes to a complex and ethical understanding of male sex work in Caribbean contexts.