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Men's demand for prostitutes
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
2006 (English)In: Sexologies: revue europeenne de sante sexuelle - european journal of sexual health, ISSN 1158-1360, E-ISSN 1878-1829, Vol. 15, no 2, p. 87-92Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article the results of Swedish and other Scandinavian research about prostitutes' clients in heterosexual prostitution are presented and discussed. The aim is to explore men's motives for seeking out prostitutes. Five major motivational themes are presented: the whore fantasy, another kind of sex, image of the kind-hearted comforter, images of sex as a consumer product, fantasies of another kind of woman. It is the argument of the author that these themes reflect dominant structures of sexual culture and gender relations in society. Some of them seem to be relatively stable over time with roots far back in history, and others can be conceived as expressions of changing power relations between men and women in present day Western society.

Abstract [fr]

Cet article analyse quelques résultats de recherches effectuées en Suède et dans d'autres pays scandinaves sur les clients de prostituées. Le but de ce travail est d'explorer les motivations des hommes qui vont voir des prostituées. Cinq principaux thèmes de motivations sont présentés: le fantasme de la putain, une autre forme de sexe, l'image de la consolatrice au cœur charitable, consommer du sexe, un autre type de femme. Pour l'auteur, ces thèmes reflètent les structures dominantes de la culture sexuelle et des relations entre les sexes dans la société. Certains de ces thèmes semblent être relativement stables, et enracinés depuis longtemps dans l'histoire, et d'autres peuvent être perçus comme des expressions du changement de la relation de pouvoir entre les hommes et les femmes dans la société occidentale actuelle.

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Elsevier, 2006. Vol. 15, no 2, p. 87-92
Keywords [en]
Heterosexual prostitution, Clients of prostitutes, Sexual culture, Gender relations
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Gender Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-5155DOI: 10.1016/j.sexol.2006.02.001ISI: 000437224800002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33745485657Local ID: 3251OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-5155DiVA, id: diva2:1402009
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