Human Affairs
Volume 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 24-33

It's also a kind of adrenalin competition"-selected aspects of the sex trade as viewed by clients (Article)

Ondrášek S. , Řimnáčová Z. , Kajanová A.
  • a Institute of Social and Special-paedagogical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budějovice, J. Boreckeho 1167/27, České Budějovice, 370 11, Czech Republic
  • b Institute of Social and Special-paedagogical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budějovice, J. Boreckeho 1167/27, České Budějovice, 370 11, Czech Republic
  • c Institute of Social and Special-paedagogical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budějovice, J. Boreckeho 1167/27, České Budějovice, 370 11, Czech Republic

Abstract

The main goal of the article is to describe selected aspects of the sex trade as viewed by clients who make use of the services provided by sex workers. We use data obtained through a content analysis of selected topics discussed on an erotic forum called Nornik.net. The topics were: Can a person stop "screwing"?; what was your first contact with the sex trade and how can a person hide their visits to sex workers? In the course of the analysis, we identified an additional category that featured in all the topics: "trophy collecting". The discussants perceive sex workers as a commodity to be purchased and subsequently evaluated. The discussants tended to compete among themselves to visit the most sex workers or to be first to visit the latest sex worker. The discussion forum serves as a support centre and contains hints and tips on different areas of "screwing" and related issues. The forum also displays certain features of a community. © 2018 Institute for Research in Social Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2018.

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Sex worker Client Discussion forum Sex trade

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042121258&doi=10.1515%2fhumaff-2018-0003&partnerID=40&md5=044cb4fa825933211c302bd25bad5492
DOI: 10.1515/humaff-2018-0003
ISSN: 12103055
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English