midterm Flashcards
(20 cards)
Globalisation of prostitution
international conglomerates of hotel chains, airlines, bars, sex clubs, massage parlours, brothels, and credit card companies having an economic interest in its promotion.
published a report on the need for and feasibility of a national framework to assess the extent of trafficking in Canada
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (2010)
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
published a report on the need for and feasibility of a national framework to assess the extent of trafficking in Canada (2010)
Trafficking in persons
” shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Exploitation
shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. (UN 2000)
Prostitution in CanadaIn Canada, prostitution is not illegal, but related activities are
- Communicating in a public place for buying or selling sex
- Soliciting sex for money
- Being involved in a common bawdy house
- Providing direction to or transporting someone to a bawdy house
- Purchasing sex from someone under 18
Tiers of sex work
- Escorts
- Hustlers, Strippers, Table Dancers
- House girls
- Streetwalkers
- Women with addictions trading sexual services for substances
Jyoti Sangera tiers of sex work
- serving men sexually
- global tourism and business, key strategies for modernization and development globally, and “women and sex as prominent enticements of tourist destinations”
Social control:
the systematic practices developed by social groups to encourage conformity and discourage deviance
Obscenity:
The legal term for pornographic materials that are offensive by generally accepted standards of decenc
Gonzo pornography
openly misogynistic with no pretensions of plot
Pornography
A complex cultural process, not an object
•Produced by people who relate by the pornography industry
•Consumed by people who expect to be aroused
•Porn derives its meaning and significance from its social cont
erotica
materials that depict consensual sexual activities that are sought by and pleasurable to all parties involved.
themes of mass-marketed porn:
- All women want sex from all men
- Women like all sex acts performed by men
- Women can be turned on with a little for
Drug:
any substance (other than food and water) that when taken into the body, alters its functioning
Drug abuse:
excessive or inappropriate use of a drug that results in some impairment
Drug addiction:
a psychological and/or physiological need for a drug to maintain a sense of well-being or avoid withdrawal symptom
Tolerance
occurs when larger doses of a drug are required over time to produce the same physical or psychological effect that was originally achieved by a smaller dose
Withdrawal:
a variety of physical and/or psychological symptoms that habitual drug users experience when they discontinue drug u
Types of drinkers:
- Social: occasionally, in social gatherings
- Heavy: frequently, and become intoxicated
- Acute alcoholics: have trouble controlling drinking
- Chronic alcoholics: cannot control drinking