Teela sanders paying for pleasure

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. Search review text. Her research explores the inter-relationship between human sexuality and socio-legal structures.

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.

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In fact it made sense and introduced a lot of new and relevant facts to the discussion for me. Rate this book. Her books include Prostitution: Sex work, policy and practice (Sage, ), and Sex Work: A risky business (Willan, ).

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Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Exactly how do men behave with sex workers; what are their relationships like; what emotions are involved and can intimacy be bought? 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.

Community Reviews. Paying for pleasure: men who buy sex by Sanders, Teela Publication date Topics Prostitution, Prostitutes' customers, Prostitution -- Social aspects Publisher Cullompton, UK ; Portland, Or.: Willan Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size M.

Teela Sanders is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Leeds. I read this because I thought it would counterbalance the prostitution-condemning book by Alice Schwarzer, which I--before reading it--considered to be potentially one-sided and having such a strong agenda as to need that balance.

Author 5 books followers. 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.

She is so pro-prostitution in her findings, has so little to say about the consequences for everyone involvedthat I ended up wondering whether she owns a brothel or owns shares in one. Drawing on original empirical data with men who buy sex, this book takes a fresh look at the relationships clients have.

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These sociological processes of finding, negotiating and buying sexual services are complicated by the stigma directed towards men who buy sex. Paying for Pleasure Men Who Buy Sex By Teela Sanders Edition 1st Edition First Published eBook Published 12 May Paying for Pleasure Paperback – February 3, by Teela Sanders (Author) 2 ratings See all formats and editions.

Teela Sanders 24 books 5 followers. Teela Sanders. Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews. 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.

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Drawing some parallels from the author's earlier book Sex A Risky Businessthe book offers insights into why engagement in commercial sex is prolific as sexual culture is transformed in late modernity. About the author. Read "Paying for Pleasure Men Who Buy Sex" by Teela Sanders available from Rakuten Kobo.

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Schwarzer's book however already is very broadminded, multi-voiced and balanced, and absolutely not the feminist super-agenda I thought it would be. Sanders definitely goes into her research project wanting to prove an already preconceived by her pro-prostitution result, which is far more concerted and finite than Schwarzer set out with.

Questioning the dichotomy made between commercial and non-commercial relationships, the data suggests that intimacy and commerce are compatible.