Christine Milrod Flower

Sex Research

Papers and presentations by Xtine Milrod, PhD

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

2023 “Is Sex Cam Use a Substitute for ‘Real’ Sex? Attitudes and Experiences of Consumers Using Adult Cam Platforms.” Milrod, X., & Monto, M. The Journal of Sex Research, DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2284349.

2019 “Recommending or Rejecting ‘the Dimple:’ WPATH-Affiliated Medical Professionals’ Experiences and Attitudes toward Gender Confirming Vulvoplasty in Transgender Women.” Milrod, C., Monto, M., & Karasic, D. https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article-abstract/16/4/586/6966682?redirectedFrom=PDF

2019 “Perceptions of Provider Power Among Sex Buyers.” Monto, M. & Milrod, C. Sexualities. DOI: 10.1177/1363460719831977.

2017 “Age is Just a Number: WPATH-Affiliated Surgeons’ Experiences and Attitudes toward Vaginoplasty in Transgender Females under 18 Years of Age in the United States.” Milrod, C. & Karasic, D.  The Journal of Sexual Medicine 2017;14(4):624–634. doi: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.02.007

2016 “Older Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in the United States.” Milrod, C. & Monto, M. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0733-3.

2016 “Condom Use, Sexual Risk, and Self-reported STI in a Sample of Older Male Clients of Heterosexual Prostitution in the United States.” Milrod, C. & Monto, M. American Journal of Men’s Health. doi:10.1177/1557988315623990.

2014 “How Young is Too Young: Ethical Concerns in Genital Surgery of the Transgender MTF Adolescent.” Milrod, C. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 2014;11(2):338-346. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12387.

2013  “Ordinary or Peculiar Men? Comparing the Customers of Prostitutes with Nationally-representative Samples of Men.” Monto, M. & Milrod, C. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. doi: 10.1177/0306624X13480487.

2012 “The Hobbyist and the Girlfriend Experience: Behaviors and Preferences of Male Customers of Internet Sexual Service Providers.” Milrod, C. & Monto, M. Deviant Behavior 33(10) 792-810. doi:  10.1080/01639625.2012.707502.

2012 “The Intimacy Prism: Emotion Management Among the Clients of Escorts.” Milrod, C. & Weitzer, R. Men and Masculinites 15(5) 447-467 . doi: 10.1177/1097184X12452148.

BOOK EDITOR:

2014 Kimmel, M., Milrod., C. & Kennedy, A. “Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis.” AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD. ISBN-13: 978-0759123120.

BOOK CHAPTER:

2023 Monto, M. & Milrod, X. Clients: The Rhetoric and Realities of Sex Buying. In Ronald Weitzer (Ed.), Sex For Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and Erotic Dancing (3rd Edition). Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK. ISBN 9781032133157.

2021 Milrod, C. On the Erotic Highway: A Participant-Observer Approach to Researching Users of a Prostitute Review Website. in Thomas J. Holt, (Ed.), Crime Online (4th Edition), Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC. ISBN: 9781531020477 (paperback) | ISBN 9781531020484 (ebook).

2020 Milrod, C. & Monto, M. Prostitution and Sex Work in an Online Context. In Thomas J. Holt & Adam Bossler (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of  International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90307-1_54-1

2016 Milrod, C. On the Erotic Highway: A Participant-Observer Approach to Researching Users of a Prostitute Review Website. In Thomas J. Holt, (Ed.), Crime Online (3rd Edition). Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC. ISBN: 978-1-61163-677-2 • LCCN 2015044378.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS/STUDY PROJECTS:

2008 “Sexual Attitudes and Experiences of 100 Internet-based Independent Sexual Service Providers.” Pilot research project.

2007 “Is the Association of Male-To-Female Transsexualism With a 46,XYY Chromosomal Pattern More Than Accidental?” Gooren, L., Milrod, C. & Giltay, E. Submitted to Behavior Genetics, April 2008. Case study.

1997 “Issues of Countertransference in Therapy With Transgender Clients.”  http://www.transgendercounseling.com/trans1.htm.”

1996 “Ethical Concerns in Therapy with Transgender Clients.” Milrod, C. The California Therapist, 8(5), pp. 48-50.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES:

2023 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) National Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

2019 American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) 59th Annual Health Law and Legal Medicine Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) International Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada

2018 World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Bi-annual Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2017 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) National Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

2017 World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) USPATH Inaugural Scientific Conference, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) National Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (poster)

2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) National Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM

2015 Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA

2014 World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Bi-annual Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand

2012 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) Eastern Region Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) Western Region Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2010 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) National Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

2010 Seventh Annual International Conference on Human Trafficking, Prostitution and Sex Work, University of Toledo, Ohio

2010 Desiree Alliance Conference, Las Vegas, NV

Alliant University, Los Angeles (formerly CSPP)

Antioch University, Los Angeles

Argosy University, Irvine, CA

Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA

George Washington University, Washington DC

Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA

Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, CA

Los Angeles LGBT Center, Hollywood, CA

Malmo University, Sweden

Northrop Grumman, Los Angeles

Pace University, New York

Phillips Graduate Institute, Los Angeles

Sears, Inc., Los Angeles

SUNY Stony Brook, New York

University of California Santa Cruz