EmpowerMen Project
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EmpowerMen
We engage men and boys to prevent sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of women, girls and 2SLGBTQ + individuals. We activate individual men and communities through education, online engagement, law enforcement, support services and research to challenge the cultural norms of sexual exploitation. We believe that men play a crucial role in this work to promote the health of our communities.
Books
When Men Buy Sex: Who Really Pays?
By Andrea Heinz & Kathy King
This book offers a paradigm shift for anyone who believes the commercial sex industry is harmless.
In a powerful yet sensitive examination, Andrea Heinz, a former sex seller, and Kathy King, a bereaved mother, invite readers to confront the dark reality of prostitution and its connection to human trafficking. Drawing from their personal experiences, the authors shine a light on a variety of topics, including the systemic drivers of oppression, the legal considerations of buying sex, the role of pornography, and the impact of societal complicity.
The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It
By Victor Malarek
An expose on the sex industry, its customers, and the women who are trafficked from around the world into sexual slavery to meet the demand for paid sex.
Men! Fight for Me: The Role of Authentic Masculinity in Ending Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
By Alan Smyth & Jessica Midkiff
This book exposes the harsh realities facing vulnerable populations to these criminal enterprises and explores the transformative role of authentic masculinity.
Pornography: Driving the Demand in International Sex Trafficking
by David Guinn and Julie DeCaro
This book explores the links between pornography, prostitution, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation and the role that demand plays in each.
Articles
Sex Buyer Interview Articles
Farley, M., Kleine, I., Neuhaus, K., McDowell, Y., Schulz, S., & Nitschmann, S. (2022). Men who pay for sex in Germany and what they teach us about the failure of legal prostitution: a 6-country report on the sex trade from the perspective of the socially invisible 'freiers'.
Farley, M., Schuckman, E., Golding, J. M., Houser, K., Jarrett, L., Qualliotine, P., & Decker, M. (2011). Comparing sex buyers with men who don’t buy sex. San Francisco, CA: Prostitution Research & Education.
Janson, A. L., Durchslag, R., Mann, H., Marro, R., & Matvey, A. (2013). “Our Great Hobby”: An Analysis for Online Networks for Buyers of Sex in Illinois.
Leung, R., & Gray-Beerman, M. (2023). Sex buyers’ attitudes: A study of Toronto’s online" Escort Review Board". Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 8(1), 18-22.
Websites
Demand Forum – Resources for the Prevention of Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
Comprehensive online source for those interested in initiatives that focus on ending sex trafficking. The website includes details on tactics, and how to start, improve and sustain an initiative.
National Centre on Sexual Exploitation
Synthesis of information on sex buying, including a free resource “Why Sex Buyers Must be Stopped and How to do it.”
Videos
CBC Gem (2023). Trafficked Voices.
Tells the stories of Canadian-born women who survived this horrific trade. One Indigenous woman tells her own awful story of being kidnapped from a party at 14 and trafficked on ships on the Great Lakes for several months before making a dramatic escape.
World Without Exploitation: Now & Next Speaker Series
Series of videos about sexual exploitation, trafficking, and prostitution.
