Behavior sciences: Why do men pay for sex?

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Scientific American describes men's motives for patronizing prostitutes. Historically, the debate has been over whether prostitution is caused by the choices prostitutes make or by their patrons' appetites.

According to this article, johns (prostitutes' male patrons) span all socioeconomic classes and don't have any signature pathology.

One of the two points of view displayed in the article is that many johns are interested in romance as well as sex and go to prostitutes for what they see as emotionally risk-free, if illusory intimacy

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Nobel winners say science must transcend borders

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Some of 2007's Nobel prize winners said on Friday that scientists must break through the boundaries between disciplines and nations to find solutions to some of the great unanswered questions.
Myerson said major policy choices such as how to address global warming should also draw on many disciplines. He said, "It's not only a problem that's important in the world, that's in the news this year with another (Nobel) prize in Oslo, but it's a good example of where physical science and social science go together, and we need to be thinking about both

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