“It is a myth that more men than women in prostitution”
“Kajsa Ekis Ekman: don’t Let false statistics to control the debate.”
“This is a kulturartikel which is a part of Aftonbladet’s opinionsjournalistik.”
“”More young men in prostitution than women” was to be read Thursday on Today’s News front page (24 jan).”
“this is a myth that has flourished a long time in the prostitutionsdebattens outskirts of the city. When prostitutionsöverlevare raised his voice during the #metoo, when the swedes buying sex in Thailand is in doubt or when the trafficking in human beings is detected – then the answer is always no ”But most of the prostitutes are men!””
“the Myth has also been spread abroad by the French news agency AFP, which led to the speculation that gender equality in Sweden led to Swedish women buy sex from men.”
“it has Now also made its way in to the DN. It is time to make up with it.”
“the Task is derived from a survey that the then national board for youth affairs carried out among high school students in the years 2004-12. One of the questions was: ”Have you ever received the sex against remuneration?” A pattern has then gone on to observe; the slightly more boys than girls say yes. The difference has fluctuated but remained at around 1.7 per cent against 1.2 per cent. In the last study, the figures were 0.8 per cent against 2.1 per cent.”
“this result is, however, not to observe someone else. The county administrative board’s report on prostitution in Sweden, as DN also cites, shows that the number of ads on the net, where women sell sex is around 7 000, while the ads where men sell sex to men is around 700, that is to say, one-tenth. (Now do not correspond to each ad a person, because the same person often to be found in ten or a hundred ads – but they give an indication of the proportions.)”
“Of those who seek to Mikamottagningen in Gothenburg, the number of men increased, but the number of men and transgender people seeking help to have prostituerat itself is located at about 2 of 10. Researcher Sven Axel Månsson, who has forty years experience of the issue, calling the idea that more men would become prostitutes themselves ”ludicrous”.”
“According to the ILO, (International labour organization, the UN agency for labour issues), is 98% of the victims of trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes of women and girls.”
“So why give the surveys a different result?”
“A possible explanation is that they ask you if you ”ever received compensation for sex. It is not the same as regular prostitution. Another explanation may be that young guys and girls have a different relation to the surveys; what you dare to answer and what you believe will happen if someone gets to know.”
“It really is about time that society starts to talk about the male prostitution. It mainly concerns the young gay guys and undocumented boys exploited by older men. Even if gender is missing, there are many other powers: the age, origin, socio-economic background.”
“There is nothing ”equal” when a man buys another, regardless of gender. But let us not do it with false statistics.”
