For many people, is all of the sex trade, an expression of a lack of equality between the sexes, and the fact that the men buying sexual services is an expression of male oppression.
” Then it doesn’t fit into the image that men also sell sex, it is contrary to the notion that all the sex against remuneration depends on the inequality in our society. This in turn leads to the male sex trade is rendered invisible, ” says Suzann Larsdotter.
She has for many years followed closely the debate on the sex trade in Sweden. Today, she works as a sexologist and expert in sexualupplysningsfrågor at RFSU.
” It is noteworthy that neither the politicians or managers in municipalities, county councils and authorities to take the male sex trade more seriously. It is as if gender blind, ” says Suzann Larsdotter.
that the women who sell sex can suffer physically and mentally, but believe that the issue is too complex to be reduced to a question of a lack of equality.
Suzann Larsdotter, pointing at an increase in the number of reports that young male migrants selling sex, among other things, in the centre of Stockholm and in Gothenburg. Unaccompanied boys are picked up by older men and even women in some well known places.
Read more: ”We’re not talking about the male sex trade.”
Six against the replacement is a ”high risk zone”, says Suzann Larsdotter. There are studies that show that some people are doing very poorly, while the other is doing better. And it applies regardless of gender.
– Women who sell sex are always victims, men are never. Men who have sex against remuneration are always connected to an expression of male sexuality, while a corresponding coupling does not apply to women who have sex for compensation.
who sells sexual services is difficult to estimate. There are no reliable studies in this area. However, in some studies respond more young men selling sex against any form of remuneration in comparison with young women.
“If I were the minister I would quickly appoint an inquiry in order to obtain a sound basis for a continued discussion,” says Suzann Larsdotter.
Everyone assumes that women who sell sex are heterosexual, while all men who sell sex are gay.
Her experience is that the knowledge of men who have sex against compensation, the serious shortcomings in the police, social services, health care and among others who in their professions come into contact with various forms of the sex trade.
– So assumes, for example, all from women who sell sex are heterosexual, while all men who sell sex are gay.
During his lectures around the country notice Suzann Larsdotter, that also those who in their work encounter prostitutes find it difficult to handle the fact that even men can sell sexual services. It is something which makes it difficult for vulnerable women to get help and support.
was Suzann Larsdotter, who then worked at RFSL, and took up a study on the extent of lgbt people who sell and buy sexual services, and their situation.
Read the full report, ”the Invisible Visible Actors”
” We found that the number of people selling sex is probably far higher than what had previously been assumed to be the case. We identified a large number of areas where community initiatives group of lgbt people who sell sex were inadequate. The situation is somewhat improved but there is much more left to do.
– All selling sex – regardless of gender – need more targeted interventions with the support and help.
a few years ago, the county administrative board in Stockholm, a report on prostitution extent in Sweden. In it was found that gatuhandeln with six decreased, but the activity in the network increased.
turning to the men who purchase the sexual services of women increased from 304 to 6.965 ads between 2006 and 2014. The number of escort advertisement and websites that primarily caters to lgbtq people, almost exclusively men who buy sexual services by men, increasing from 190 ads to 702 between 2010 and 2014.
– The need to research more around the young transgender people, young gay guys and young persons who come to Sweden as refugees. On the field is missing, the Swedish, the relevant studies.
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