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Canada destination of choice for American sex-buyers, study finds

March 28, 2012. 8:00 am • Section: Think Tank


Just as the majority of Canadian sex tourists who are arrested or detained were in the United States over the past three years, Canada is the preferred destination for Americans looking to buy sex. A study based on interviews with 101 Boston men who buy sex found that 27 per cent of them had bought sex in other countries. Canada topped the list.

Among the other preferred destinations were: Dominican Republic, German, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico. Other destinations included: England, France, Italy, Philippines, Barbados, Brazil, Korea, Switzerland, Netherlands.

In fact, more of the men said they'd travelled to a foreign country that admitted to having gone to another American state.

The study was done by psychologist Melissa Farley and researchers from the non-profit organization, Prostitution Research and Education, and presented at the Psychologists for Social Responsibility Conference last July in Boston. Farley and PRE researchers recently also interviewed 125 sex buyers in Cambodia. She will be presenting a report on their findings this July at a conference in Phnom Penh.

The average age of the Boston sex-buyers first experience was 21; one in five reported that their first sexual experience was with a prostitute. Fifty-eight per cent were alone when they first paid for sex; 43% were with friends.

Eighty-eight per cent of the buyers met women indoors; 39% said they used the internet.

Bars were the most common location for them to go for sex (62%); followed by private parties (57%), strip clubs (55%), hotels or guesthouses (52%), escort agencies (44%), brothels (33%), massage parlours (29%), drug houses (22%). Only one of the 45 men with a college education used street prostitution exclusively, while 17% of those who had not completed college did.

Two of every five men bought sex at least once a month. That's similar to findings in studies done in other countries, which has lead some experts to suggest that the men who get arrested are usually novices; more experienced buyers are better able to avoid arrest because among other things they may know the prostitutes themselves and know more about police procedures.

The average number of times the Boston men had paid for sex was 54, although it varied from one time to more than 600.

Over time some said things changed. Among the comments were: “I have an easier time treating them worse” and “It's like being an addict, you always want a better high. . .”

Two-thirds viewed paid-sex as consensual, even though the same percentage also believe that most women in the sex trade are lured, tricked or trafficked into it.

Almost all of the men agreed that children are “almost always available” in bars, massage parlours, escort agencies and brothels in the area.

The majority also agreed on the most effective deterrents – a registry of sex offenders and public exposure such as having names and photos published on billboards, in newspapers or on the internet.

They said educational programs don't work.

To read the full report, go to http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/c-pr…


Take those 101 Boston guys, put them in San Diego, And they would say that Mexico is the top sex destination.