Why Men Buy Sex: Examining sex worker clients [Hardcover]

Part 1: Theorising sex work and the procurement of sexual services  Introduction  1. Deconstructing Sexuality and understanding procurement of sex  2. Understanding Sex Work 1: Deviant and Immoral  3. Understanding Sex Work 2: Normative Values and Commodity  Part 2: Examining men who procure sexual services  Introduction  4. Contextualizing the cohort: The personal and social characteristics of men who procure sexual services  5. The 5WH of mens procurement of sexual services  6. Examining why men procure sexual services  7. Making sense of mens procurement of sexual services: A new understanding for this social phenomenon  8. Conclusion, recommendations and implications for further study.

Compared to the voluminous writings on female sex workers, much less is known about their clients. Filling this gap, Why Men Buy Sex is nothing short of groundbreaking. Birchs book is a comprehensive study of male clients in Australia - documenting their demographic background, the services they buy, the reasons why they buy sex, and how they feel about it. Using both survey questionnaires with a large number of clients, as well as in-depth interviews with a subsample of them, the book shows that they do not fit conventional stereotypes, that they have a wide variety of motives and experiences, and that many of them develop long-term relationships with the women they encounter. - Ronald Weitzer, Professor of Sociology, George Washington University, USA

Providing more much-needed detailed analysis about men who purchase sex from women, this book offers a contlã&