Mailing address :. Department of Psychology. How many Norwegians have bought sexual services? Which background factors are associated with buying sex, and to what extent do sex customers use condoms?
Our analyses are based on data from a questionnaire survey among a representative sample of 10, Norwegians aged years in Among men, experience of buying sex was related to birth cohort, marital status, attitudes and use of pornography.
There was an association between condom use during intercourse with a prostitute, and the number of years since the sex was bought. It seems sex customers have become better condom users over time. The most common form of prostitution worldwide is the heterosexual. Most of those who sell sex are women, and most of the buyers are men.
In the rare reversed cases the transactions are often heavily camouflaged presents, sex tourism, etc. Men thus have a lower erotic plasticity than women. This makes sex a female resource, and men seek sex from women. Male sexuality has no exchange value, but men give women other resources in exchange for sex.
In this way, women become those who sell, and men become the buyers. However, to what extent do men buy sex from women? Only a few studies on buying sex based on representative population samples exist. They found significant variation in the reporting. In Great Britain 6. In Sweden in , This minority group contributed to raise the mean number of times having bought sex to 5. Experience of buying sex was most frequently reported in the middle-aged group.
