Men Who Buy Sex: A Survey in the Greater Vancouver Regional District

Abstract

Les auteurs de cet article passent en revue la documentation canadienne sur les hommes qui achètent des services sexuels et présentent les résultats d'une enquête autoadministrée auprès de 80 de ces hommes, enquête qui a été réalisée dans le Grand Vancouver. l'article décrit les caractéristiques démographiques générates de l'échantillon et certains aspects de leur comportement d'achat sexuel. En raison de l'inquiétude accrue concernant le grand nombre de travailleurs du sexe sur la rue qui ont disparu ou qui ont ete tues, et de façon à apporter quelques réflexions au débat sur le prohibitionnisme qui allègue que la violence est omniprésente dans la prostitution, les auteurs examinent les actes de violence commis sur les travailleurs du sexe et autres personnes, et déclarés par eux. Ils se penchent également sur les expériences des hommes qui ont été victimes de violence de la part de travailleurs du sexe. This paper reviews the Canadian literature on men who purchase sexual services and presents the results of a self‐administered survey conducted in Greater Vancouver of 80 such men. The paper describes the general demographic characteristics of the sample and selected aspects of their sex‐buying behaviour. Because of heightened concern about the large number of street‐level sex workers who have gone missing or been murdered, and in order to offer some reflections on the prohibitionist argument that violence in prostitution is ubiquitous, the paper examines the self‐reported commission of violence against sex workers and other people. We also examine their experiences of being victimized by sex workers.

Men procuring sexual services from women: everyman or peculiar man?

“…Some indicators of deviancy were noted, however. Age at first procurement reflects existing international literature 18,19,20 suggesting the current sample is not atypical. Length of time procuring is considerable, however, and extends prior to the implementation of decriminalisation (1995).…”

Explorando los motivos para pagar servicios sexuales desde las opiniones sobre la prostitución

“…Finally, the literature has shown another type of buyer that we believe is not represented in our study; the buyer that uses violence in the sexual services for different reasons (Lowman and Atchison, 2006) and who is usually violent towards women who provide sexual services (Miller and Schwartz 1995;Bridget et al 2002;Meneses et al 2003;Kinnell 2006;López 2012;Jewkes et al 2012a). …”

Competing discourses about youth sexual exploitation in Canadian news media

“…In 63% of the stories on youth sexual exploitation, the exploiter was not described or characterized at all. The disproportionate mention of victims without mentioning their exploiters can potentially reinforce the notion of this as a "victimless crime"; it means less responsibility is placed on the purchasers for the continued problem of sexual exploitation in Canadian society, despite a growing amount of research about them (Lowman & Atchison, 2006).…”