Flora: The Jenkins thesis (which you refuse to read) never claimed to be representative of all women in prostitution-it dealt with only one sector-those who solicit their clients over the internet-which now probably represent a very large slice (perhaps the majority) of those who prostitute in the UK.
You say ?You haven't done any better in selling these other papers. Who wrote these? Who paid for them?? Well the authors? names are given-if you cared to follow the links to the papers it tells you who wrote and who paid for them. But since you can?t be bothered this one time I will make it easy for you:
The Danish report (Prostiution I Danmark) was written by Jens Kofod, Theresa Frøkjær Dyrvig, Kristoffer Markwardt, Ninna Lagoni, Rebekka Bille, Tina Termansen, Line Christiansen, Eva Juul Toldam & Magne Vilshammer. The forward provides the information? In this report we present the results from the SFI (the Danish National Centre for social Research) mapping of prostitution in Denmark. The survey was intended to determine the extent of prostitution in Denmark and generate knowledge about prostitution,including uncovering prostitution organization and the prostitutes living conditions. The survey is based on both qualitative and quantitative data and the results obtained with the help of a number of organizations,public bodies and individuals who have had an impact on the studyprogress and results. We would therefore like to thank the National Police After Research, Nest International and venue in Copenhagen, which has provided data and knowledge available. In addition, we thank Hope Now, a social worker / treats Tiller Lorentzen, nest Aarhus and nestOdense for assistance with data collection, and we thank Services Agency, Centre against Human Trafficking, Competence Centre Prostitution, ProVest, Street jurist, sex workers Protects the interests (SIO), Copenhagen police, Swan groups, Copenhagen, Danish Red Cross Women's Centre in Dragor, Sexual Political Forum and nest Copenhagen. In addition, we thank the reference group to help With their knowledge, advice and input along the way. Finally, we thank the many female and male current and former prostitutes who participated in the study for their time and willingness to share their experiences and opinions with us. Their open and nuanced stories and responses have been crucial to the development of the report. The report was prepared by the researcher Jens Kofod, research assistant Theresa Frøkjær Dyrvig, research assistant Kristoffer Markwardt,
stud.scient.anth. Ninna Lagoni, stud.scient.anth. Rebekah Bille, stud.scient.anth. Tina Termansen, stud.scient.pol. Line Mehlsen Christiansen, stud.scient.anth. Eva Juul Toldam and stud.soc. Magne Vilshammer. Research Lise Sand Ellerbæk has assisted with processing of quantitative data. Stud.scient.pol. Agnes Aslaug Kjær has assisted in the collection of qualitative data and survey
initial phase. Stud.scient.soc. Life Bjerre has assisted with implementation of interviews and examination of prostitution among men. Research Professor Margaretha Järvinen and researcher Lars Benjaminsen has commented on the project group's work during the course. Research Professor Mette Ejrnæs and researcher Edith Madsen (in cooperation with scientific assistant Kristoffer Markwardt) contributed to the development of counting method and written annex to its report.
May-Len Skilbrei, institute director at the Fafo in Norway, has worked as referee. We thank you for valuable and constructive comments.? The Resume says ?Prostitution in Denmark is undergoing a change and the purpose of this survey is to provide updated information on this subject. We have used several different methodologies in this survey, and prostitution has been mapped out using both qualitative and quantitative methods as well as a literature study. We have used qualitative methods such as interviews, observation and reviewing records from a social services programme aimed at foreign prostitutes. The interviews were conducted with present and former prostitutes in different types of prostitution, as well as with NGO professionals and public authorities. The quantitative methods we have used include two 24-hour counts of street prostitutes, a questionnaire survey and an advertisement count, providing data to assess the extent of prostitution, and specific knowledge about the living conditions of sex workers.
In addition, we have collected data from the National Centre of Investigation of the National Commission of the Danish Police as well as from the Mødestedet, a support centre for foreign female sex workers in the red-light district of Copenhagen, Vesterbro.?
The New Zealand report was commissioned by the ?Prostitution law review committee of the NZ Government? As you may be aware prostitution is decriminalized in NZ-and the Government was required to commission a survey of the impact. This report forms part of that. (and 770 is a pretty good sample size btw) The report was written by Gillian Abel Liza Fitzgerald and Cheryl Brunton of the Department of Public Health and General Practice University of Otago Christchurch NZ and funded by the Health Resources Council of New Zealand and the Ministry of Justice.
The data from Queensland (where prostitution is legalized) comes from a large survey authored by Ms Charrlotte Woodward, RN,Grad Cert (Sexual Health Nursing), MN Women?s Health School of Population Health (QADREC), The University of Queensland and School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology Ms Jane Fischer, BA, MSPD School of Population Health (QADREC), The University of Queensland
Professor Jake M. Najman, BA (Hons), PhD School of Social Science and School of Population Health (QADREC),
The University of Queensland Associate Professor Michael Dunne, BA (Hons), PhD School of Public Health,
Queensland University of Technology and was commissioned by the Prostitution licensing Authority.Charlotte Seib whose thesis I reference worked on this project-the reason I reference her thesis is that it is freely available whereas her papers are behind the publishers subscription wall. The work was funded by the Queensland Prostitution Licensing Authority
The report on Western Australia (where prostitution is illegal) was written by Basil Donovan National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research University of New South Wales and Sydney Sexual Health Centre Sydney Hospital Christine Harcourt National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research University of New South Wales and Sydney Sexual Health Centre Sydney Hospital Sandra Egger Faculty of Law University of New South Wales Karen Schneider National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research University of New South Wales Jody O?Connor National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research University of New South Wales Lewis Marshall Sexual Health Service Fremantle Hospital Marcus Y Chen School of Population Health The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre Christopher K Fairley School of Population Health The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre the work was funded by the department of Health of the Government of Western Australia and also by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
The report on New South Wales Australia (where prostitution is legalized) was written by Basil Donovan and Christine Harcourt The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales and Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital Sandra Egger Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales Lucy Watchirs Smith, Karen Schneider, Handan Wand and John M Kaldor The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales Marcus Y Chen and Christopher K Fairley School of Population Health, University of Melbourne and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre Sepehr Tabrizi Royal Women?s Hospital, Melbourne The acknowledgements say ?The Law and Sexworker Health (LASH) team would like to thank the NSW Ministry of Health for funding the productionof this report. However the views expressed in the Report are not necessarily those of the Ministry. The LASH project was originally funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Project grant no.352437). We would like to thank Julie Bates, Jody O?Connor, Kate Demaere, the staff of SWOP and A/Prof Anna McNulty, Heng Lu, and the Multicultural Health Promotion team at SSHC for their assistance with data collection.
Now you will no doubt dismiss without reading all the above cited work by respected academics because you ?know? that no one tells the truth. And I assure you flora that I have read all these reports and I don?t have ? no understanding of their meaning or what makes them poor evidence.? Nor am I ?just regurgitating any old crap I've read about on a pimp or punter website.? Perhaps you should read the report first before dismissing them?
And I am not ?crowing? about the levels or rape and violence experienced by street prostitutes. I find the problem with much of the rhetoric about prostitution is that campaigners take these figures for street prostitutes (which after all are the minority of all prostitutes) and then generalize them as applying to all prostitutes-which is fundamentally dishonest.
And you (typically) add a couple of insults-learn to cite properly-how have I cited incorrectly? I used the citations as suggested by the authors of the reports.
When the red: you ask can I define girl Friend experience-or hobbyist, I refer to the paper I cite where they say p795 ???the girlfriend experience,?? or GFE ?..Refer(s) to encounters that replicate aspects of non-remunerative relationships and also contain conventional sex acts .p803 ?A number of our items sought to shed more light on what was meant by the girlfriend experience.Table 5 presents responses when customers were asked, what makes a GFE? The mostcommonly selected item was Acts like a girlfriend and not a prostitute at all (80.2%), followedby romantic and tender toward you (78.5%) and happy and cheerful personality (75.3%).
? As to ?hobbyist the paper says p 796 ?The present study provides information on the sexual behavior, motives, and characteristics of a highly elusive population of regular clients of prostitutes who consider themselves ??hobbyists.?? These men are part of an on-line community based around prostitute review websites in which clients post reviews of their experiences and also communicate on-line with Internet Sexual Service Providers (ISSP) ?
Hope that is sufficient