Comparing Sex Buyers and Non-Sex Buyers July 2011

[seabeyond]

Sex buyers were far more likely than non-sex buyers to commit felonies, misdemeanors, crimes related to violence against women, substance abuse-related crimes, assaults, crimes with weapons, and crimes against authority. All of the crimes known to be associated with violence against women were reported by sex buyers; none were reported by non-sex buyers. Sex buyers acknowledged having committed significantly more sexually coercive acts against women than non-sex buyers. Sex buyers had significantly less empathy for prostituted women than did non-sex buyers and they acknowledged fewer harmful effects of prostitution on the women in it and on the community. Non-sex buyers more often saw prostitution as harmful to both the woman herself and to the community as a whole.

The sex buyers masturbated to pornography more often than non-sex buyers, imitated it with partners more often, and had more often received their sex education from pornography than the non-sex buyers. Significantly more of the sex buyers compared learned about sex from pornography compared to the non-sex buyers.

Both sex buyers and non-sex buyers evidenced extensive knowledge of the physical and psychological harms of prostitution. Two thirds of both the sex buyers and the non-sex buyers observed that a majority of women are lured, tricked, or trafficked into prostitution. Many of the men had an awareness of the economic coercion and the lack of alternatives in women's entry into prostitution. Almost all of the sex buyers and non-sex buyers shared the opinion that minor children are almost always available for prostitution in bars, massage parlors, escort and other prostitution in Boston. The knowledge that the women have been exploited, coerced, pimped, or trafficked failed to deter sex buyers from buying sex. Many of the sex buyers had used women who were controlled by pimps at the time they used her for sex.

Both sex buyers and non-sex buyers agreed that the most effective deterrent to buying sex would be to be placed on a registry of sex offenders. Other effective deterrents included public exposure techniques such as having their name or photo publicized on a billboard, newspaper, or the Internet. Spending time in jail was considered an effective deterrent by 80% of sex buyers and 83% of non-sex buyers. Educational programs were considered the least effective deterrent by both groups of men.

http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/c-prostitution-men-who-buy-sex.html

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http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/pdfs/Farleyetal2011ComparingSexBuyers.pdf

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. It didn't surprise me that sex buyers commit more felonies, crimes against women and use porn more

often. I've always suspected that people who buy sex probably had a flagrant disregard and disrespect for women.

What did surprise me was this:

Both sex buyers and non-sex buyers evidenced extensive knowledge of the physical and psychological harms of prostitution. Two thirds of both the sex buyers and the non-sex buyers observed that a majority of women are lured, tricked, or trafficked into prostitution. Many of the men had an awareness of the economic coercion and the lack of alternatives in women's entry into prostitution. Almost all of the sex buyers and non-sex buyers shared the opinion that minor children are almost always available for prostitution in bars, massage parlors, escort and other prostitution in Boston. The knowledge that the women have been exploited, coerced, pimped, or trafficked failed to deter sex buyers from buying sex. Many of the sex buyers had used women who were controlled by pimps at the time they used her for sex.

Both sex buyers and non-sex buyers agreed that the most effective deterrent to buying sex would be to be placed on a registry of sex offenders.

And this seems prudent advice:

Taken together, these findings - a range of criminal activity in addition to prostitution, nonrelational sexual preference, a high number of sex partners, extensive pornography use - interact and increase the likelihood of future violence against women, according to other studies cited in this report.

[Scout]

2. thanks for sharing.

i think iverglas has some information showing that, despite protests to the contrary, legalizing prostitution does not make it all nice and clean and hunky dory, either.

results are disappointing, but not surprising.

[Tumbulu]

3. I vote for all sex buyers to be prosecuted as sex offenders

Someone in our old forum posted a very informative study about how effective this was.

The trouble is (imo), that in the US, the patriarchy uses sex as a reward for the men who tow the line....women as sex objects are a huge part of the program.....

[BlueIris]

4. "(T)he patriarchy uses sex as a reward for the men who tow the line."

Yep. It rewards its slaves so very, very well. No matter what the cost.

[BlueIris]

5. "Educational programs were considered the least effective deterrent by both groups of men."

Ouch.

I wonder why that is? Maybe because of this part:

"Two thirds of both the sex buyers and the non-sex buyers observed that a majority of women are lured, tricked, or trafficked into prostitution. Many of the men had an awareness of the economic coercion and the lack of alternatives in women's entry into prostitution. Almost all of the sex buyers and non-sex buyers shared the opinion that minor children are almost always available for prostitution in bars, massage parlors, escort and other prostitution in Boston. The knowledge that the women have been exploited, coerced, pimped, or trafficked failed to deter sex buyers from buying sex."

What would more education about the nightmares of prostitution do to deter sex buyers if being aware of these awful facts doesn't change their behaviors? Makes one question whether the buyers need education or medical therapy. As in, full blown behavioral modification, addiction rehabilitation or psychiatric medication.

[MadrasT]

6. Perhaps the reason they don't care

About women being lured, tricked, or trafficked is because they don't view women as fully autonomous living breathing people.

It just struck me that it sounds like the same attitude some had about slaves prior to the civil war. They thought it wasn't wrong because they thought blacks weren't the same as the whites who enslaved them. They thought they weren't actually fully human.

So for these men in the article, maybe it is OK to do whatever they want with women because that's what women are here for and they don't fully count as human anyway.

I know some men who really think about and treat women this way. We are an alien species that is different from men and we are here to be acquired and used as they see fit. We are lesser so it is the natural order.

Simple reducation wouldnt work because it goes against everything they have been indoctrinated in since birth. And society still glorifies women as sexual objects so it gets continual reenforcement that women are there for fucking and for their "use".

[seabeyond]

7. it is the effective dehumanizing campaign. nt