Why Men Buy Sex : Examining sex worker clients, Hardcover by Birch, Philip, ISBN 0415738482, ISBN-13 9780415738484, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Acknowledging other dimensions of the sex trade, Birch focuses on male purchasers procuring sexual services from heterosexual female providers within a de-criminalized Western cultural context. In order to understand some men's reasons for purchasing sex, he theorizes sex work and the procurement of sexual services, then examines men who procure sexual services. His topics are deconstructing sexuality and understanding the procurement of sex, understanding sex work as deviant and immoral, understanding sex work as normative values and commodity, contextualizing the cohort: the personal and social characteristics of men who procure sexual services, the five "whats" of men's procurement of sexual services, examining why men procure sexual services, a new understanding of the social phenomenon, and recommendations and implications for further study. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()