Neil R Coombs Essay

The author Neil R. Coombs (1974) wrote the article “MALE PROSTITUTION: A Psychosocial View of Behavior” and it can be found in the American Journal of Orthospsychiatry. The research question that the author was trying to answer is if early homosexual seduction followed by rewards would lead prostitution. Coombs (1974) has used multiple authors to support his question about male prostitution, the examples that are given show that the males who are prostitutes refuse to accept that they are homosexual and that they are doing this deed just to have money rather than pleasure. Ginsburg (1967) who theorizes that the male prostitutes feel that they oversee the situation of giving sex, to show that their goal is only to take as much money as they can from the customer (cited in Coombs 1974).
Coombs (1974) had two hypotheses which he states what are the causes for male prostitution: the first hypothesis is that there
The method that were used to collect the data from the group of males was an interview that was done twice within 30 months’ period from each other, the interviews would be given at two locations, a coffee shop and a bar. The reason why they would do the interviews twice but in two different locations would be how they would answer and react to their surroundings around them.
The results of the experiment showed that there were most subjects that were homosexually seduce at an early age and that they had received a reward after the seduction, compared to the minority who were participating early homosexual behavior and receiving rewards in the control group. The results of the study proved that the hypothesis of early homosexual seduction with a reward was linked with prostitution behavior was correct. The hypothesis was supported because most subjects were homosexually seduced with a reward at an early