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DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04272975 A Comparison of the Male Customers of Female Street Prostitutes With National Samples of MenUniversity of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR 97203, USA
University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR 97203, USA Previous research on customers of prostitutes has relied on small samples and qualitative interviews. Conceptions of customers have tended toward either the "every man" perspective, which implies customers are no different than other men, or the "peculiar man" perspective, which implies customers are characterized by stark differences or psychological inadequacies. This study compares a large sample of men(N = 1672)arrested for trying to hire street prostitutes with nationally representative samples of men. Customers were less likely to be married, less likely to be happily married if married, and more likely to report being unhappy in general than men in the national samples. Customers also expressed greater sexual liberalism and reported thinking about sex, masturbating, and participating in other aspects of the sex industry more frequently than men in general. Most differences were small, indicating customers as a category differ from other men in degree rather than quality.
Key Words: prostitution • customers • clients • sexual behavior
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