More than one in 10 men have paid
for sex, according to a major study
of British sexual habits.
The majority of the 11% who had
done so had visited sex tourism
hotspots such as Bangkok and
Amsterdam.
The report, in the journal Sexually
Transmitted Infections, said paying
for sex was linked with other
"hedonistic and risky behaviours"
including binge drinking and drug
use.
It said that young professionals
rather than "lonely older men" were
paying.
A team at University College London
analysed data from the Third
National Survey of Sexual Attitudes
and Lifestyles.
Their initial study found couples
were having less sex than in the
1990s . Now their investigations have
turned to the practice of paying for
sex.
Male behaviour
Just 0.1% of the women aged 16-74
surveyed had paid for sex, but 11%
of the men said they had at some
point in their lives.
Of the 6,108 men surveyed, 3.6%
had paid for sex in the past five years
and 1.1% in the past year.
The men who had paid for sex had,
on average, more than double the
number of sexual partners - 32
compared with 14.
Lead researcher Dr Cath Mercer told
the BBC: "I think I was most
surprised that it is not paid partners
making up most of the total, but they
are having more partners generally.
"These men tend to be highly
sexually active."
But that comes with a price. The men
who had paid for sex in the past five
years were twice as likely to be
diagnosed with a sexually
transmitted infection (STI) such as
HIV, syphilis or gonorrhoea.
Holiday sex
The most likely age group to have
recently paid for sex were those in
their late 20s and early 30s.
Other characteristics of those likely to
pay for sex included being single,
having a managerial or professional
job and drug use.
Dr Mercer said the findings broke the
stereotype of the "lonely older man"
paying for sex.
Nearly two-thirds of them reported
paying for sex abroad, with Europe
and Asia being major destinations.
"It could be down to opportunistic
reasons such as a lads' weekend
away, paid-for sex is available, it's
something they wouldn't necessarily
do at home, but in that situation it
happens, but there are other
reasons as well," said Dr Mercer.
"What we do in the UK won't stop
men paying for sex, we may push
them abroad even more."
She said sexual health clinics needed
to see paying for sex as a warning
sign of other risky behaviour for
spreading infections, such as having
multiple partners.
Sexual health charity FPA's director of
health and wellbeing Natika Halil said:
"This study shows that men who
have paid for sex are
disproportionately affected by STIs,
and it's vital we reinforce 'prevention
over cure' sexual health messages.
"We heard from many men over the
years that had paid for sex abroad
and returned to Britain in a panic
because they didn't know if they had
an STI.
"The best way to avoid this is to keep
a supply of condoms with you, and if
you do have sex make sure you use
them. If you know you have taken a
risk, it's important to get tested as
soon as possible." SOURCE: BBC WORLD SERVICE.

The percentage should be even higher.
This is common sense, nothing innovative and a waste of resources gathering data to compile statistics everybody already knows.

8 in 10 Nigerian Men pay for sex.. especially if you live around Lagos, Enugu, Port-Harcourt, Benin, Abuja and Kaduna.. most areas just get cheap chooks for wearing a Polo Ralph T-shirt

Let's face it, ALL men pay for female company, with NO exceptions.

In a marriage or dating situation the money is paid at month-end to the wife or girlfriend, while in a prostitution scenario the man pays by the hour for some nookie.

It is essentially all the same situation, with the exception that the few married men who remain faithful have to make do with just the one flavor, while all others play the field and enjoy much more variety, causing married men to feel very envious, which in turn makes them the loudest critics of men who are free to update their women friends regularly.

In a nutshell, no money - no honey. Try and find love in Nigeria, and soon enough you will understand that the only true love that really exists is the love of money, and that nobody loves YOUR money more than the woman who grants you slip-and-slide drilling rights.


In Nigeria, the crap starts the instant you bust a nut with a new girl. Next thing you know she expects you pay for her hair straightening with expensive and corrosive chemicals, her education, her "brother's" education, her mother's medical care, her father's car repair, her cousin's trip to Dubai, and all manner of "obligations" that will be visited upon you as the escalating cost of busting that nut. It gets no better if you marry her, since then she lets her looks go and turns into a fat slob who is infinitely greedier than ever before, and will most likely go ballistic if you try to slow down the cash flow.

Any man who claims to enjoy female company for free is simply a liar, and a poor one at that.