CH 18: Selling and Buying Sex

Question 1

illegal for STW when?

Answer 1

Illegal for anyone to publicly offer or seek out sex in exchange for money

Illegal for anyone to operate or visit an establishment in which sex trade work takes place

Question 2

growth in sex industry

Answer 2

• percentage of men paying women for sex increase 2-4.2% in 1990 in spite that ST illegal in 49 states

Question 3

revenue from STW from

Answer 3

mainly from sex tourism

• 14% of gross national product in some asian countries

Question 4

what is the sex industry?

Answer 4

commercial enterprises that deal with buying and selling of sex-related services

Question 5

what is an escort agency?

Answer 5

company that ends out sex trade workers to off-site locations (homes, hotels, motels)

Question 6

what is pornification

Answer 6

process of making or becoming visibly or explicitly sexual

Question 7

what is pornification

Answer 7

process that involves transaction between seller and buyer of sexual service

Sex work more appropriate to describe act of exchanging sex for materials as a survival strategy

Question 8

what are STW

Answer 8

sex trade workers

• people practising sex trade work

Question 9

history of STW in canada

Answer 9

1759- earliest laws against STW in canada

second half 19th century- brothels outnumbered churches 6:1 in Victoria, BC

1892- laws relating to brothels and street-based STW became part of the Criminal Code

currently- legality of STW is being heavily debated across Canada

Question 10

legal aspects of STW

Answer 10

• not illegal but activities related to it are;
• living off the avails
• owning/operating common bawdy/brothel house
• communicating for purpose of prostitution
• transporting person to bawdy house

Question 11

4 legal options for dealing with prostitution

Answer 11

1) criminalization
2) legalization (Regulation)
3) abolition
4) decriminalization

Question 12

criminalization

Answer 12

Legal option for dealing with sex trade work by making it and activities related to it illegal

Question 13

legalization

Answer 13

Legal option for dealing with STW by making it legal, but subject to regulations

Question 14

abolition

Answer 14

Allowing SWT and punishing those who exploit or coerce sex trade workers

Question 15

decriminalization

Answer 15

Repealing all laws governing it

Question 16

types of STW

Answer 16

• only 20% of STW occurs “on the street”

- majority occurs out of escort agencies, or ads on internet

Question 17

windsor, Ontario and STW

Answer 17

has licensed escort services and men from the united states travel there for sexual services

• so they do not risk arrest

Question 18

who works in the sex trade

Answer 18

• females who have not graduated high school
• most started for financial reasons
• Average age entering is 18
• Average age of respondents is 32
• 22-25 for street-based STW

Question 19

street-based STW

Answer 19

mostly young, single, uneducated females who come from abusive backgrounds and are controlled by pimps

Question 20

if you sell sex, do you enjoy it?

Answer 20

• females STW least likely to enjoy providing sex for client

Question 21

underage STW

Answer 21

• minors are groups must vulnerable to sex trafficking
• 2 million known underage
• half of all known child STW live in Asia

Question 22

impact of STW in physical and psychological health

Answer 22

• most report being raped and physically assaulted while working
• canadian data reports death rate among STW is 40% higher than general population
• other issues include risk of STI, social stigma, many negative feeling that affect self-worth

Question 23

male STW

Answer 23

• do not suffer the same levels of violence their female counterparts do
• males perceived as more powerful, with greater status
• clients of male prostitutes may be women or gay men, who are not typically aggressive towards men
• may have positive and professional attitudes about their business

Question 24

hierarchy and motivations among male STW

Answer 24

lowest level: street hustler, than bar hustler, call boys, kept boys

Question 25

street hustler

Answer 25

male STW who looks for customers on the streets

Question 26

bar hustler

Answer 26

look for customers in a bar

Question 27

call boy

Answer 27

male STW who either works for escort agency or is self-employed as an escort

Question 28

kept boy

Answer 28

- young male who is financially dependent on an older man, usually with expectation that the younger individual will provide sexual services to older man - Older man=sugar daddy

Question 29

exotic dancing

Answer 29

- live sex acts on stage prohibited in Canada/US - allowed certain countries (Thailand) - table dancing and lap dancing have make industry grow over recent years - new dancers usually recruited through personal contact networks

Question 30

new exotic dancers

Answer 30

- tend to focus on positive aspects of job such as flexible hours/money later tend to see negative aspects, such as substance abuse and abusive customers

Question 31

erotica

Answer 31

textual, visual, audial material that promotes or creates sexual arousal and shows enjoyment of sexuality in an equal and balanced manner toward people of either sex

Question 32

pornography

Answer 32

textual, visual, audial material promotes/creates sexual arousal and presents sexuality in unequal, unbalanced, violent or degrading manner toward people of other sex

Question 33

men attracted to what in sexually explicit material

Answer 33

scenes that objectify people to they are visual and sexual objects

Question 34

women prefer what in SEM

Answer 34

- scenes that they feel they can project into and evoke some sort of personal and emotional reponse

Question 35

reported effects of SEM consumption on adults

Answer 35

- reactions to SEM can be pos/neg/neutral depending on pre-existing beliefs - more violent pornography= more negative effects than erotica - erotica users have more tolerant attitudes and report more positive effects - use of SEM may reduce instances of sex crimes

Question 36

study of gay mens use of SEM reported

Answer 36

gay men are consuming SEM that promotes images of hyper-masculinity and neglects safer sex practices

Question 37

effects of SEM exposure on youth

Answer 37

- viewing SEM ~14 is developmentally appropriate | - younger children who are exposed to porn may be disturbed and upset by material they do not understand

Question 38

young boys who view SEM tend to

Answer 38

have more permissive attitudes about sex and to think that SEM accurately reflects reality than their female counterparts

Question 39

internet SEM

Answer 39

- more than 4.2 million websites related to SEM | - 25% all search engine requests sexual in nature

Question 40

who most likely to download SEM from internet

Answer 40

gay men heterosexual men lesbian women

Question 41

women reported negative consequences of viewing SEM related to

Answer 41

body image and increased pressure to imitate sex acts contained in SEM

Question 42

being a "porn star"

Answer 42

- female porn stars viewed more negatively than movie stars, and other women in general, but more positively than STW - STIs still common among porn actors, despite STI screenings