The Attitudes Toward Men Who Pay for Sex Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation

Peled, Einat; Shilo, Guy; Marom, Yonatan Marton; Eick, Uri

doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01668-0

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“…Overall, this suggests that the experiences of MWPWS are non-monolithic and are shaped both by inner urges and desires, and by multiple social discourses (Prior & Peled, submitted for publication B). It also supports the recent criticism of the polarized and simplistic points of departure that has characterized much of the research on MWPWS, and underlines the need to diversify our understanding of MWPWS (Birch, 2015;Peled et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Sociocultural perceptions and recent legal changes in SFP policy in Israel are an important context for this study. Prostitution itself is highly stigmatized in Israeli society-as evident from Israeli cultural, political, academic, and media discourses on the topic (Almog, 2010;Peled et al, 2020). In recent years, the radical feminist prostitution-is-harmful narrative has had a noticeable impact on both public and professional discourse (Lahav-Raz, 2019b).…”

Section: The Israeli Context Of Prostitution and Sfpmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Paying for Sex During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Israeli Men

Prior

2021

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Introduction This qualitative study explored the experiences of men who pay women for sex (MWPWS) during the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses radical and profound challenges to various aspects of people's intimate, sexual, and financial experiences. Methods The study was based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 10 Israeli MWPWS who regularly visit various prostitution venues. The interviews were conducted between April and July 2020, between the first and the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. ResultsThe findings focus on four major aspects of the participants' experiences: the participants' inability to pay for sex, the difficulties imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic to participants' sex-for-pay experiences, the positive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their sex-for-pay experiences, and the insignificance of COVID-19 pandemic to their sex-for-pay experiences. Conclusions I conclude that COVID-19 pandemic triggers various sexual, emotional, and gendered experiences for MWPWS. Accordingly, MWPWS may reevaluate their engagement in sex-for-pay, and their experiences of it may be reshaped in light of the pandemic. I discuss the findings' contribution to sexuality and masculinity studies, and the methodological possibilities that they raise for qualitative scholars studying social phenomena during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policy Implications The study highlights the significance of developing ad hoc prostitution policy that supports the individuals involved in the sex industry-both MWPWS and the women who are paid for sex-during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, it suggests that prostitution policy should address the diverse experiences of MWPWS, beyond viewing them as merely offenders who should be punished, or re-educated.

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Section: The Israeli Context Of Prostitution and Sfpmentioning

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Paying for Sex During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Israeli Men

Prior

2021

Sex Res Soc Policy

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“…To contribute to the evidence of predictive validity, a regression analysis was conducted to test whether the SACS’ total score would be a significant predictor of buying sex, after accounting for participants’ scores on attitudes toward prostitution (ATTPS; Levin & Peled, 2011), attitudes toward men who buy sex (ATMPS; Peled et al, 2020), and sexual economics (PSEM; Rudman & Fetterolf, 2014). The overall regression with all variables included was significant, F (4, 239) = 12.649, p < .001, R 2 = .175.…”

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“…Attitudes Toward Sex Buyers. Attitudes toward sex buyers was operationalized with the Attitudes Toward Men Who Pay for Sex Scale (ATMPS; Peled et al, 2020). The ATMPS was developed to measure two factors including (a) buying sex as a legitimate behavior and (b) paying for sex as a deviant or exploitative behavior.…”

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“…Sample items include "Going to a prostitute/escort girl is okay because she gets paid," "Going to a prostitute/escort girl is an acceptable manly behavior," and "Going to a prostitute/escort girl is a sin" (Peled et al, 2020). Cronbach's alpha coefficient reported good internal consistency between the two-factor subscales (i.e., paying for sex is a legitimate/deviant behavior) at α = .90 and α = .85 (Peled et al, 2020). The Cronbach's α for the ATMPS items in this sample was acceptable, .63.…”

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Sex as a Commodity Scale: Development and initial validation.

Cavalhieri¹,

Conzemius²,

Heavner³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure the degree to which men perceive sex as a commodity. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as a guide, the Sex as a Commodity Scale (SACS) was created to provide a multidimensional measure to best predict whether men perceive sex as a commodity, and to differentiate between men who do and do not buy sex. In Study 1, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis on a sample of 200 men (107 sex buyers), revealing interrelated factors associated with the TPB framework: (a) attitudes, (b) norms, and (c) perceived control toward buying sex. In Study 2, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on a distinct sample of 244 men (113 sex buyers), providing further support for the bifactor structure of the SACS. Significant bivariate correlations with attitudes toward prostitution, sexual economics, and sex buyers provided support for the SACS' criterion validity. Furthermore, the SACS was able to significantly differentiate between men who did and did not buy sex. Our findings imply that the SACS is a beneficial scale that can be used to further inform intervention programs, preventative sex education, and future research on the behavior of men who purchase sex. Public Significance StatementThis study outlines the development of an instrument that can be used to measure whether men perceive sex as a commodity, which is a significant predictor of whether they would buy sex. The findings indicate the scale can reliably differentiate between men who do and do not buy sex, and may help in evaluating the effectiveness of intervention programs to prevent reoffense of men who buy sex, aiding in the development and evaluation of preventative sex education curriculums, and aiding practitioners and researchers working with men who buy sex.

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Archives at 50 Years

Zucker

2021

Arch Sex Behav

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Sandwiched in-between these two articles, the Archives has more than 4100 entries in Pub-Med, including those that are still in advance online publication form. It is my deep regret that the Founding Editor of Archives, Richard Green, M.D., J.D. could not be with us to celebrate this milestone (Herbert, 2019).Quantitative growth has certainly been an element of the Journal's evolution. In 1971, it published 374 pages. In 2020, it published 3088 pages (an 8.25-fold increase). When I became Editor in 2002, we had 80 new submissions. In 2020, we had 706 new submissions (an 8.82-fold increase). As noted in previous Editorials, this growth has necessitated a continued expansion of the Editorial Board. In

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The Attitudes Toward Men Who Pay for Sex Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation

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Paying for Sex During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Israeli Men

Paying for Sex During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Israeli Men

Sex as a Commodity Scale: Development and initial validation.

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