The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) released a report based on 113 interviews with men who had purchased sex and compiled the information from these interviews into a summary report. The questions focused on areas such as the background of the purchaser, where men find commercial sex workers, their first time buying sex, their reasons, and their views on prostitutes and the harms to women. While there were a wide variety of men who purchased sex, the responses of the interviewees indicated that there was need for greater education on the harms faced by the women involved in commercial sex and to connect the actions of the men to those harms. Further, the greatest deterrent was public exposure.
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Compiled from: "Deconstructing The Demand for Prostitution: Preliminary Insights From Interviews With Chicago Men Who Purchase Sex," The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, May 2008.