(NSFW) why is it that more men pay for sex than women?

Or perhaps it is a myth? Paying for sex could have a lot to do with control and power for example. In my mind paying for sex is empowering. How do other women or men feel about this? Would you admit or share that you could/would pay for sexual entertainment or sexually company? If not why not? Of course I am not referring to the notion that “I am so desperate I would need to pay for it”. I am looking deeper into this idea as a part of possible social conditioning.