Sex in Cyberspace Men Who Pay for Sex-[Sarah Earle, Keith Sharp].pdf

SEX IN CYBERSPACE
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Sex in Cyberspace
Men Who Pay For Sex
SARAH EARLE
The Open University, UK
KEITH SHARP
The University of Gloucestershire, UK
© Sarah Earle and Keith Sharp 2007
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Patents Act, 1988, to be identifi ed as the authors of this work.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Earle, Sarah, 1972-
Sex in cyberspace : men who pay for sex
1. (Firm) 2. Men - Sexual behavior
3. Prostitution 4. Sex - Electronic discussion groups
I. Title II. Sharp, Keith
'081
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Earle, Sarah, 1972-
Sex in cyberspace : men who pay for sex / by Sarah Earle and Keith Sharp.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-3669-4
1. Men--Sexual behavior. 2. Computer sex. 3. Prostitution. 4. Prostitutes’
customers. I. Sharp, Keith, 1965- II. Title.
2007
'80810941--dc22
2006032972
ISBN: 978-0-7546-3669-4
Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall.
Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Glossary ix
1 Men, Sex Work and Society 1
2 Researching Sex in Cyberspace 17
3 Bodies for Hire 35
4 Intimacy, Emotion and Romance 51
5 Sexual Pleasure and Erotic Performance 67
6 Doing the Business 81
7 Health, Risk and Sex Work 97
Bibliography 115
Index 129
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank everybody who has encouraged us with this project or