Chapter 7, Sex Trade

Question 0

Systems of prostitution

Answer 0

Any industry in which women’s, men’s, or children’s, bodies are bought, sold, or traded for sexual use

Question 1

Prostitution

Answer 1

The sale of sexual services (of oneself or another) for money or goods, without emotional attachment

Question 2

Majority (80-90%) of sex trade workers are what sex?

Answer 2

Women

Question 3

How many people are estimated to be trafficked for sex trade world wide?

Answer 3

1 million, mostly women

Question 4

Third largest money making enterprise in the world?

Answer 4

Human flesh

Question 5

UN estimates this many people are trafficked into Canada and the US every year.

Answer 5

16,000 into Canada, 50,000 into the US

Question 6

How many women trafficked globally are minors? Estimated by UNICEF

Answer 6

Almost 1 out of 3, many under the age of 13

Question 7

Trafficking

Answer 7

Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring, or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power/position, receiving of payments/benefits, for the purpose of exploitation

Question 8

First tier of sex work, traditional tier

Answer 8

Women exploited by networks of pimps and organized crime gangs

Question 9

Second tier of sex work

Answer 9

Establishment of brothels, serving global sex tourism, travelling soldiers, businessmen etc

Question 10

Illegal in Canada, activities related to sex trade

Answer 10

Communication in a public place for the purposes of buying or selling sexual services, procuring/soliciting a person to exchange sexual services for money, living of the avails, being involved in a common bawdy house, providing direction to or transporting someone to a common bawdy house, purchasing sexual services from someone under the age of 18

Question 11

How many Canadians view prostitution as immoral? 2006

Answer 11

68%, more women than men said yes

Question 12

5 Tiers of Prostitution

Answer 12

1. Top Tier, escorts, call girls and boys, higher fees and more formal education than other tiers
2. Hustlers, strippers, table dancers, etc, engage in prostitution in the side
3. House girls; wine who work in brothels, aka house of prostitution, run by a pimp/madam
4. Street walkers; publicly solicit customers, charge by the trick, significantly more at risk than indoor workers
5. Women addicted to drugs, engage in sex for drugs

Question 13

70-90 sex trade workers are?

A. Men
B. women

Answer 13

Women

Question 14

Most people become prostitutes before what age?

Answer 14

18

Question 15

The average age of entry into prostitution in BC? 1996 stat

Answer 15

14, youngest can start at 8-9

Question 16

What percent of arc trade workers are under 18? 1999

Answer 16

10-12%

Question 17

Why people enter the sex trade?

Answer 17

They face barriers to mainstream employment,

Question 18

Persons involved in the sex trade represent

Answer 18

Persons that face barriers to mainstream employment, are more likely to belong to discriminated identities, and come from current and historical backgrounds of economic and social hardship

Question 19

Average age of a Canadian Prostitute

Answer 19

17-24

Question 20

Describe the average ‘John’

Answer 20

mid-20s to mid-40s, married, White, gainfully employed

Question 21

Reasons for seeking out a prostitute

Answer 21

Loneliness, sexual problems at home, desire for uncomplicated sex or specific sexual acts, a strong male sex drive

Question 22

SF view on Prostitution

Answer 22

a type pf deviance that helps clarify social norms and helps society maintain social control (encourage conformity, discourage deviance)

Question 23

SF: Functions of Prostitution

Answer 23

1. provides impersonal sexual gratification w/o strings
2. a sexual outlet for those who can’t find a conventional relationship
3. allows people to engage in new sexual practices, ex. BDSM
4. protects the family as a social institution, by discriminating b/w good and bad marriage partners
5. benefits the economy

Question 24

Why is prostitution a victimless crime?

Answer 24

it has no real victim because it involves willing participants in an economic exchange

Question 25

Feminist view on Prostitution

Answer 25

Women become prostitutes because of economic inequality and patriarchy, our bodies as commodities, reaffirms to men that they are our sexual masters