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Another study of strip club patrons

chitownlawyer

Florida

a 40+ page draft of which is found here:

http://www.aeaweb.org/annual_mtg_papers/….

Main conclusions:

Strip club patrons are likely to be younger rather than older, and single rather than married. Unmarried guys shacking up are just as likely to go to sc's as single guys.

Strip club patrons tend to be "sensation" or "thrill" seekers.

Strip club patrons were characterized by all of the following compared to non-patrons:
Having sex more than 4 times a week; having cheated on a spouse sexually; having paid for sex.

Religious affiliation/attendance does not affect sc. patronage except for people who go to church at least once a week, in which case the correlation is negative (surprise). Religious sectarian affiliation has no predictive value. (Episcopalians are as horny as Christian Scientists)

Strip club patrons are likely to go to sc's for "near sex" (intimacy rather than release) because they are afraid of getting AIDs. SC patrons generally know where they can buy sex, but don't want to take the risk.

Some sex goes on in strip clubs, but owners/management keep the occurrence low for legal reasons.

Strip club patrons are more likely to be college educated than the general population, and more likely to have had an STD.

The percentage of men going to a strip club in a given period of time is about the same as the percentage going to a live musical theatre performance (different individuals, I'd bet, esp. if the latter involves "show tunes"). About the same percentage of men attend sc's as attend auto racing events.

And the conclusion:

After working with the data one gets the sense that the sexual scripts of individuals are very different, and attending a strip club is just another way it is apparent.
There are people whose sexual scripts are – not to put to pejorative a term on it – rather mundane. And these mundane men tend not to patronize strip clubs. On the other hand, those who attend strip clubs tend to eschew normal cultural taboos in search of higher sensations