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[uwsman2]

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Findings from Hunter College Provides New Data about Sexuality Research and Social Policy (What Kinds of Workshops do Internet-Based Male Escorts Want? Implications for Prevention and Health Promotion)

 

2014 JUL 5 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- A new study on Sexuality Research and Social Policy is now available. According to news reporting from New York City, New York, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “There has been limited research on the types of programs that male-for-male escorts would want for themselves. In 2013, 418 Internet-based male escorts completed an online survey.”

 

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Hunter College, “Participants were presented with a description of an ongoing outreach program for male sex workers called ‘Rent University’ and asked to select workshop topics that they would be interested in (from a list of 14). Participants selected, on average, six workshops. The most commonly selected workshops centered around enhancing one’s career/wealth as an escort (e.g., ‘Attracting the ‘right’ clients and keeping them’ 65.0 %, ‘Escorting and legal matters’ 64.0 %, ‘How best to market yourself online’ 62.7 %, ‘Financial planning and planning for the future’ 52.7 %). More often than not, demographic characteristics were unassociated with selecting individual topics. Being younger, having less than a college degree, being gay identified, and having used club drugs in the past 12 months were associated with expressing interest in a greater number of workshops.”

 

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Those seeking to provide such services might be well served to ensure that materials are at an appropriate reading level and culturally acceptable for younger, gay-identified men.”

 

For more information on this research see: What Kinds of Workshops do Internet-Based Male Escorts Want? Implications for Prevention and Health Promotion. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2014;11(2):176-185. Sexuality Research and Social Policy can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - http://www.springer.com; Sexuality Research and Social Policy - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1868-9884/)

 

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C. Grov, CUNY, Hunter College, Dept. of Psychol, New York, NY 10021, United States. Additional authors for this research include C.E. Rodriguez-Diaz, M.H. Ditmore, A. Restar and J.T. Parsons.

[Steven_Draker]

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