Title: Client (prostitution) - Wikipedia
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Client (prostitution)
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Lexicology
Motivation
Demography
Finances
Maltreatment and victimization
Perceptions
Legal treatment
Campaigning
See also
References

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People purchasing the services of sex workers
Clients of prostitutes or sex workers are sometimes known as johns or tricks in North America and punters in the British Isles. In common parlance among prostitutes as well as with others, the act of negotiating and then engaging with a client is referred to as turning a trick. Female clients are sometimes called janes, although the vast majority of prostitution clients are male in almost all countries. Contents
1 Lexicology
2 Motivation
3 Demography
4 Finances
5 Maltreatment and victimization
6 Perceptions
7 Legal treatment
8 Campaigning
9 See also
10 References
Lexicology
There are many terms for clients, including whoremonger, sex-buyer, UK slang such as punter, terms for those in a vehicle such as kerb crawler, as well as Caribbean slang terms for female clients of gigolos such as milk bottle, longtail, yellowtail or stella. The term trick is sometimes associated with North America and punter is associated with the term for sex workers' clients in the British Isles. These slang terms are used among both prostitutes and law enforcement for persons who solicit prostitutes. The term john may have originated from the frequent customer practice of giving one's name as "John", a common name in English-speaking countries, in an effort to maintain anonymity. In some places, men who drive around red-light districts for the purpose of soliciting prostitutes are also known as kerb crawlers . Motivation
While studies reveal that clients seek out sex with prostitutes to satisfy otherwise unfulfilled sexual desires or simply as a means to establish social bonds with women, evidence suggests that some see purchase of sexual intercourse as purely a consumer product and a means to "reestablish the traditional male dominance over women," turning prostitution into a form of anti-feminism. An analysis from 2005 divides the motivation of clients into five broad categories: