Paying for Pleasure - Men Who Buy Sex (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

Drawing on original empirical data with men who buy sex, this book takes a fresh look at the relationships clients have with female sex workers. The core questions that form the backbone of the research are not only the expected inquiry into 'why men buy sex', but also into the sociological and psychological processes that men encounter in order to enter an assumed 'deviant' sexual behaviour as part of their everyday lives. These sociological processes of finding, negotiating and buying sexual services are complicated by the stigma directed towards men who buy sex. Exactly how do men behave with sex workers; what are their relationships like; what emotions are involved and can intimacy be bought? Questioning the dichotomy made between commercial and non-commercial relationships, the data suggests that intimacy and commerce are compatible. Managing secrecy, stigma and the consumption of intimacy takes this book into some of the more challenging theoretical areas of masculinity and emotional consumption in contemporary society. Drawing some parallels from the author's earlier book Sex Work: A Risky Business, the book offers insights into why engagement in commercial sex is prolific as sexual culture is transformed in late modernity.

General

Imprint:	Willan Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	February 2008
Authors:	Teela Sanders
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84392-321-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics
LSN:	1-84392-321-1
Barcode:	9781843923213

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