Attitudes and social characteristics of men who buy sex in Scotland.

Abstract

We investigated attitudes, behaviors, and demographics of 110 men who bought sex in Scotland. Those men who most frequently used women in prostitution were most likely to have committed sexually aggressive acts against nonprostituting women. High-frequency users of women in prostitution used pornography more frequently than men who used women in prostitution less frequently. We found strong associations of these men's acceptance of rape myths with their hostile masculine identification and their acceptance of prostitution myths. Acceptance of rape myths was associated with the men's belief that prostitution prevents rape of nonprostituting women. The men's perceptions of prostituted women's experiences of prostitution tended to differ from the actual perceptions of prostituted women in other studies. Deterrents to prostitution include public exposure or jail time if the men were convinced that laws would be enforced. The ambivalence and guilt of men who buy sex may serve as points of entry for prostitution prevention programs.

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“…This and other studies find that women prostitute wherever sex buyers are located. Interviews with sex buyers confirm this (Farley, 2005;Farley, MacLeod, Anderson, & Golding, 2011;Kramer, 2003).…”

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“…Thus, the prevailing rhetoric has come to echo the radical feminist understanding of sex workers as 'victims' rather than as 'criminals' and the belief that pornography and prostitution are the result of patriarchy -reflecting, reinforcing, and reproducing of gender inequality. 3 In doing so, they have drawn attention to the clients of sex workers, and vilified them as predators who abuse and exploit vulnerable women and girls (Farley et al 2012, Farley et al 2011a, Farley et al 2011b, Macleod et al 2008, Durchslag and Goswami 2008, Farley 2007. Farley (2007) captures the narrative well: "The word trick refers to the multitude of ways that men trick women into performing more or different acts of sexual exploitation than the men pay for, or the way that men sexually exploit women in prostitution and then refuse to pay, cheating or tricking the women.…”

“…These two opposing positions are the foundations of two of the three key discourses and research on sex work. The first position holds that sex work is inherently violent and exploitative, is a symptom of patriarchy, and exacerbates women's inequality (Farley et al 2012, Farley et al 2011a, Farley et al 2011b, Macleod et al 2008, Farley 2007, Durchslag and Goswami 2008.…”

“…There is a body of literature which examines the men clients of women sex workers from the position that sex work is inherently violent and exploitative, and which characterizes the relationships between sex workers and their clients as an act of domination in which the client holds (and often enjoys holding) power over the sex worker (Farley et al 2011a, Farley et al 2011b, Macleod et al 2008, Durchslag and Goswami 2008, Farley 2007). These researchers have found that participants speak of the women whose sexual services they purchase in a dehumanizing manner and refer to them as objects (Farley et al 2012, Farley et al 2011b, Durchslag and Goswami 2008, Farley 2007). In addition, they report that many participants admit to committing violent, "sexually coercive," and/or "sexually aggressive" acts against women including those who are sex workers (Farley et al 2012, Farley et al 2011a, Farley et al 2011b, Durchslag and Goswami 2008.…”

“…These researchers have found that participants speak of the women whose sexual services they purchase in a dehumanizing manner and refer to them as objects (Farley et al 2012, Farley et al 2011b, Durchslag and Goswami 2008, Farley 2007). In addition, they report that many participants admit to committing violent, "sexually coercive," and/or "sexually aggressive" acts against women including those who are sex workers (Farley et al 2012, Farley et al 2011a, Farley et al 2011b, Durchslag and Goswami 2008.…”