Masculinities and Sexual Violence among a Sample of Clients of Street Prostitutes

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAgnich, Laura Elizabethen
dc.contributor.committeechairHawdon, James E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBailey, Carol A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFuhrman, Ellsworth R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:51Zen
dc.date.adate2007-06-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:51Zen
dc.date.issued2007-05-08en
dc.date.rdate2007-06-12en
dc.date.sdate2007-05-21en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of violent sexual ideology among a sample of clients of street prostitutes. Despite the abundance of feminist theory and research on prostitution and sexual violence, very little research examines clients of prostitutes, who have many opportunities to perpetrate sexual violence against women who engage in prostitution (Davis 1993). Because street prostitutes are structurally vulnerable to male violence due to the low respectability of their occupation, clients are especially important to study. Because violence against women and sex work has both been studied in relationship to masculinities, this study examined the relationship between marginalized masculinities and violent sexual ideology among 423 clients of street prostitutes. The sample studied was derived from the National Institute of Justice Clients of Street Prostitutes 1996-1999. Using OLS regressions, I determined the significant predictors of violent sexual ideology among these clients. I found that rape myth acceptance, frequency of pornography use, frequency of sex, age, frequency of thinking about sex, lower levels of sexual conservatism and lower levels of perceived attractiveness were significantly related to violent sexual ideology.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05212007-133600en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05212007-133600/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33068en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLaura_final_thesis_1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectClientsen
dc.subjectProstitutionen
dc.subjectSex Worken
dc.subjectMasculinitiesen
dc.subjectRapeen
dc.subjectSexual Violenceen
dc.titleMasculinities and Sexual Violence among a Sample of Clients of Street Prostitutesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Laura_final_thesis_1.pdf
Size:
138.7 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Masters Theses