Study Claims Men Who Buy Sex Tend to Commit More Crimes

[dilbert firestorm]

this sounds like a bogus claim
http://johntv.com/?p=1388

[guest100913]

That is not a study. That is a waste of time. A "study" of 202 men where the premise begins with prostitution and inartfully connects other dots at random (with a crayon)... well that is unscientific.

[Ed Highlight]

Originally Posted by ufriend2912

That is not a study. That is a waste of time. A "study" of 202 men where the premise begins with prostitution and inartfully connects other dots at random (with a crayon)... well that is unscientific.

Well....duuuuuhhhh.....

[Old-T]

Originally Posted by ufriend2912

That is not a study. That is a waste of time. A "study" of 202 men where the premise begins with prostitution and inartfully connects other dots at random (with a crayon)... well that is unscientific.

You are too kind. It is a piece of crap written by someone who "knows" all men are evil, and all wonen who don't understand all men are evil need to be saved from their own stupidity.

Bad statistics, bad study "methodology", and bad writing.

There were a couple blogs that addressed all the errore in this and similar "studies", but as would be expected there were pleanty of people who said, "See! This proves all people who uses escorts, read playboy, or go to strip clubs should be castrated and then hung!"

[Guest120615-3]

Anyone have a link to the full study. Previous articles by the author interviewed only street-walkers.

[London Rayne]

I would have thought it was just the opposite, but agree with the others...bs study that only focuses on one part of the business.

[Old-T]

Yes, again the emphasis is on streetwalkers. And when that is your focus, and your "control" group are men who have not used escorts, visited a strip club, watched porn, or read Playboy, you have rigged the answers.

Oh, what a shock! Pimps and guys who frequent streetwalkers have more crimes connected to them (many of which have nothing to do with sex) than do "fine upstanding citizens" who don't admit they do anything wrong.

The paper would flunk a basic statistics or logic course.

Search Google for "The John next door" Newsweek and prostitution. it should pull it up.

[Maggie McNeill]

Originally Posted by Old-T

Search Google for "The John next door" Newsweek and prostitution. it should pull it up.

I'll do you one better; here's The Honest Courtesan's analysis of the "John Next Door" article, complete with links:http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2...oad-of-farley/

Melissa Farley has a long history of conducting bogus studies of incarcerated streetwalkers using leading questions and then coming to bizarre and unsupported conclusions. The essay I linked contains links to general analyses of her other work, and it ain't pretty.

[Old-T]

Thanks. The Newsweek version had many, many pages of reader comments. They ran about 10-1 against the article.

[Jackie S]

I bet a multitude of Lawyers, Doctors, Preachers and even Judges who have secret handles here on ECCIE and other such Sites said "Say What".

Sounds like a study done by some aging Dyke, (Melissa Farley), who just lost her young girlfriend to an old rich Sugar Daddy. Not real objective.

Do a search. This aging old Bitch is against EVERYTHING.

[burkalini]

Now I understand why ever since I started in the hobby I have this deep need to go out and commit a crime.

[anaximander]

Why fight it?
It's true.

Spending time with my provider- solicitation
Racing to see her ahead of another- speeding in excess of 10 mph over
--wreckless driving- road rage if I'm late- racing for contest of speed
--speeding in excess of 100 mph
She's under 21 so the bottles of liquor I leave as a gift-
wazzat contributing to a minor?
If she wants Kush-
procurement of controlled substance with intent
to deliver to a minor.
....and that's all in under 1 hr.

You can't stop me.
You'll just drag yourself down with me.

[elgato111]

If we were to believe the results of every "scientific" study done by supposedly educated people then we would all still be living in caves only venturing out to find something to eat.

Way too often some crackpot who thinks they know everything there is to know about a subject matter puts out trash such as this report. And what do you know, some mag believes it and prints it for all to laugh at.

I have been in the hobby for over 20 years and I love women, especially the beautiful ladies on here. I don't do drugs, carry a gun or abuse women. By this so called study I must be the one exception to the rule.

[anaximander]

Since when is carrying a gun in the same league
as drug users or women abusers?

I even have to take issue with the generalization of drug users.
If you use alcohol or aspirin, hello drug user.
Junkies are another story; the diff between communion and happy hour.

But guns? I carry heat everywhere.
I could decently equip a seal strike team by myself.
I'm ready for zombie apocolypse,
hope none of my ammo is ever used out of need.
Much like the fire insurance on the house.

Heck from the part of Texas I come from,
If you're a man, and you don't have a gun...
well now you ain't a man. Not a man to be reckoned
or concerned with anyway.

Striking a woman offends my Southern sensibilities.
A man who strikes a woman is even less a man
than the unarmed sap.

[Pink Floyd]

STUDY FINDS MEN WHO BUY SEX, ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SEX