sex for sale Flashcards
(25 cards)
commercial sex workers
persons who engage in sexual acts in return for money or drugs and do so in a fairly non discriminating fashion; prostitutes
common bawdy house
a place kept, occupied, or used by one or more persons to engage in prostitution or indecency
call girl
the most expensive and exclusive category of sex workers, 150-200$/hr
brothel
a house of prostitution where sex workers and customers meet for sexual activity, declined use after WWII
in-call services
a residence in which sex workers work regular shifts, selling sexual services on an hour basis, 150-200$/hr
massage parlour
a place where massages and sexual services can generally be purchased, 40-300$
out-call service
a service that sends a sex workers to a location specified by the client to provide sexual services, may be risky
streetwalker
a lower status sex worker who works on the streets selling sexual services
pimp
a sex workers companion, protector, and master, lives on sex workers earnings
madam
A woman who manages a brothel, in call, out call, or escort service
sex trafficking
the recruitment and control of persons for sexual exploitation
gigolo
a man who provides companionship and sexual gratification on a continuing basis to a woman in exchange for money; escort, massage parlour, live in
hustlers
male sex workers who sell their services to men; 23% are heterosexual
sex tourism
leisure travel with the purpose of purchasing sexual services, $20 billion dollar industry
pornography
sexually arousing art, literature, or films. explicit sex w violence, explicit sex w/o violence but is degrading/dehumanizing, explicit sex not degrading/dehumanizing (erotica)
obscenity
something that is offensive according to accepted standards of decency; the legal term for pornography
community standards of tolerance test
the test used by courts to determine whether something is obscene based on what Canadians would accept other Canadians being exposed to and whether is causes harm
erotica
sexually arousing material that is not violent, degrading, or demeaning and does not include children
types of sex workers
prostitutes, pornographic models/actors, escorts, phone-sex operators
reasons women enter sex work
economics (most common), drug addiction, force or coercion
reasons for engaging in purchasing sex
more frequent sex, fellatio, exotic needs, proof of manhood/experience, discrete same sex, limited time, no emotional responsibilities
reasons men enter sex work
money, to meet people, enhances sense of self, sexual pleasure, drugs
transgender sex workers
male customers, live as women, spend less time with customers (like women) but still sometimes enjoy sexual activities (like men), don’t often disclose male gender and hide penis
why are women less attracted to porn (salmon, 2012)
emphasized impersonal sex and sexual variety.
women are aroused by relationships
