In this introduction to the special section ‘female clients of commercial sex’, we start by an overview of the early interest in research on male clients of commercial sex and the tendency to criminalize and pathologize them. Then, we will question and discuss the lack of interest and the difficulties of researching women clients. Subsequently, we will look at the literature investigating women paying for sex to better understand and situate the research included in this section. After that, we will examine the contributions of the articles included in this special section and finish by reflecting on the meaning of this issue for future research on sex work.

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简介：“商业性女性客户”专区

在对“商业性女性客户”这一专题的介绍中，我们首先概述了早期对商业性男性客户的研究兴趣以及将他们定罪和病态化的趋势。然后，我们将质疑和讨论缺乏兴趣和研究女性客户的困难。随后，我们将查看调查女性为性付费的文献，以更好地理解和定位本节中包含的研究。之后，我们将审查本专区所收录文章的贡献，并通过反思本期对未来性工作研究的意义来结束。