- While there are many routes that men will use to access women, research suggests that advertisements placed in local papers are the most commonly used method of making contact with women for sexual purposes.
- Research suggests that there is a relationship between classified advertising and the presence of commercial sex premises in an area.
- The audit confirmed that the practice of advertising women and services supplied by women in regional newspapers is widespread. Almost 75% of the publications audited in this review carried advertisements mentioning services from women, and almost half carried classifieds specifically mentioning non-British women.