TY - JOUR
T1 - How perceptions of masculinity and intimate sexual relationships shape men’s experiences of paying for sex
T2 - A qualitative exploration
AU - Tal-Hadar, Rachel
AU - Prior, Ayelet
AU - Peled, Einat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - This qualitative study explores how perceptions of masculinity, sexual intimate relationships and sex-for-pay (SFP) shape the experiences of men who pay women for sex (MPWS). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 Israeli MPWS. Participants were recruited through an STD community clinic, an anonymous online survey, ads posted in online forums for MPWS, and an organization for the abolition of prostitution. The findings offer a complex understanding of the experiences of MPWS, based on the intersections between their views of sexuality within long-term intimate relationships, and their perceptions of the acceptability of SFP within dominant discourses of masculinity. The findings comprise four experiential patterns of the multi-layered practice of paying for sex: Agonizing, Ambivalent, Intermittent and Simultaneous.
AB - This qualitative study explores how perceptions of masculinity, sexual intimate relationships and sex-for-pay (SFP) shape the experiences of men who pay women for sex (MPWS). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 Israeli MPWS. Participants were recruited through an STD community clinic, an anonymous online survey, ads posted in online forums for MPWS, and an organization for the abolition of prostitution. The findings offer a complex understanding of the experiences of MPWS, based on the intersections between their views of sexuality within long-term intimate relationships, and their perceptions of the acceptability of SFP within dominant discourses of masculinity. The findings comprise four experiential patterns of the multi-layered practice of paying for sex: Agonizing, Ambivalent, Intermittent and Simultaneous.
KW - Men who pay women for sex
KW - intimacy
KW - masculinity
KW - sex work
KW - sexual relationship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141431829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/13634607221137314
DO - 10.1177/13634607221137314
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AN - SCOPUS:85141431829
SN - 1363-4607
VL - 27
SP - 1016
EP - 1032
JO - Sexualities
JF - Sexualities
IS - 4
ER -