Sarah Kingston is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Policing at the School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire. Her research focuses primarily around gender, sexuality, sexual offences and sex work.

Natalie Hammond is a sociologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests focus around sex work, sexual health, gender and technology.

Scarlett Redman is an independent post-doctoral researcher. Her research mainly revolves around sex work, and has significant front-line practice working with sex workers.

Drawing on empirical data from women who pay for sexual services and those who provide services to women, this ground-breaking study is the first of its kind in the UK, detailing the experiences of women who pay for sex in an explicit, direct, prearranged way.

1. Introduction

2. Sexuality and Sexual Consumption

3. Researching Female Clients

4. Motivations and Characteristics of Women Who Buy Sex

5. The Sexual Service Booking

6. Staying Safe: Perceptions and Negotiations around Safety and Violence

7. Selling Sex to Women Clients

8. Converging Sexualities?