ISBN:
9780415738484
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (199 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Why Men Buy Sex : Examining clients of sex workers
DDC:
306.70811
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Sex work has been a contentious issue in a variety of ways throughout history - socially, morally, ethically, religiously and politically. Traditionally noted as one of the oldest professions in the world, sex work has commonly been demonised and is often viewed as a social disgrace. While sex work involves both providers of sexual services, most commonly women, and purchasers of sexual services, most commonly men, providers have attracted the most social commentary. Recent research shows that a limited number of studies have been conducted since 1990 concerning men who procure sexual services
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I Theorising sex work and the procurement of sexual services; Introduction; Understanding why humans have sex; Current theorising in men who procure sexual services: a brief introduction; Aim of this study; The organisation of the book; Conclusion; 1 Deconstructing sexuality and understanding the procurement of sex; Evolutionary psychology and sex; Understanding the influence of culture on sex
Description / Table of Contents:
Masculinity and understanding men who procure sexual servicesConclusion; 2 Understanding sex work 1: deviant and immoral; Deviance and its origins; Society's influence on the sex work industry; Applying deviancy and immorality to contemporary understanding of men's procurement of sexual services; Feminism, sex work, deviancy and immorality; Law criminalising sex work; Australian law and sex work; Understanding the NSW context; Conclusion; 3 Understanding sex work 2: normative values and commodity; Sex work as 'work'; Theories of social exchange and the purchasing of sexual services
Description / Table of Contents:
Applying social exchange to sex workEmotions, intimacy and the procurement of sexual services; Theories of intimacy; The Internet, intimacy and sex work; Behavioural scripts and their links to intimate relationships; Sexual scripts and the procurement of sexual services; Sex work as a normative function of society?; Making sense of men's procurement of sexual services: introducing the SAPSS model; Conclusion; Part II Examining men who procure sexual services; Introduction; The empirical research underpinning this volume; The organisation of Part II
Description / Table of Contents:
4 Contextualising the cohort: the personal and social characteristics of men who procure sexual servicesThe demographics of men who procure sexual services; Disclosing the procurement of sexual services: a qualitative understanding; Public perception of men who procure sexual services: a qualitative understanding; Criminalising sex work in NSW, Australia: a qualitative understanding; Conclusion; 5 The '5WH' of men's procurement of sexual services; The logistics of men's procurement of sexual services; Men's reasons for procuring sexual services - the fifth what
Description / Table of Contents:
Defining and examining the reasons for procuring sexual servicesConclusion; 6 Examining why men procure sexual services; Early life experiences and the impact on procurement; Why men procure sexual services for the first time: the men's perspective; Fulfilment of fantasies and fetishes; Male bonding and the expression of masculinity; Sex as a commodity?; First time reasons for the procurement of sexual services: the sex worker perspective; The loss of virginity and ease of the transaction; The need to seek affection, regardless of age, regardless of circumstance
Description / Table of Contents:
First time reasons for the procurement of sexual services: the interest groups' perspectives
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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