Male Escorts’ and Male Clients’ Sexual Behavior During Their Last Commercial Sexual Encounter: Comparing and Contrasting Findings from Two Online Studies

Much of what is known about commercial sexual encounters between men is based on data gathered from escorts. With few exceptions, studies have not compared male clients’ reports of behavior during commercial sexual encounters with male escorts’. The present study draws from two datasets, a 2012 surv...

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Published in:Archives of sexual behavior 2016-05, Vol.45 (4), p.965-973
Main Authors: Grov, Christian, Rodríguez-Díaz, Carlos E., Jovet-Toledo, Gerardo G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Bisexuality
Condoms - utilization
Gays & lesbians
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Masturbation
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Psychology
Public Health
Risk-Taking
Sex industry
Sex Work - statistics & numerical data
Sex Workers - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Partners
Social Sciences
Surveys and Questionnaires
Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Much of what is known about commercial sexual encounters between men is based on data gathered from escorts. With few exceptions, studies have not compared male clients’ reports of behavior during commercial sexual encounters with male escorts’. The present study draws from two datasets, a 2012 survey of clients ( n  = 495) and a 2013 survey of escorts ( n  = 387)—both used virtually identical measures of sexual behavior during the most recent commercial sexual encounter. For clients and escorts, the majority eschewed having sex without a condom, and kissing and oral sex were among the most common behaviors reported. Using logistic regression, both samples were compared across 15 sexual behaviors, finding significant differences in six—the escort sample had greater odds of reporting their last commercial sexual encounter involved watching the client masturbate, viewing porn, role play (dad/son, dominant/submissive), and having prior sexual experience with their commercial partner. The escort sample had lower odds of reporting that the client watched the escort masturbate, and being told partner’s HIV status. In multivariable modeling, both samples did not significantly differ in reports of condomless anal sex. Male–male commercial sexual encounters appear to be involved in a wide range of sexual behaviors, many of which convey low-to-no risk of HIV transmission.
ISSN:0004-0002
1573-2800
DOI:10.1007/s10508-015-0531-3