Commercialization of Sex Flashcards
“ICE”
Internet Child Exploitation
Child Pornography
possession, accessing, distribution, producing, importing
Luring a Child:
simply states as a person using a computer and the internet to meet online, and communicate with children for sexual purposes — luring to commit certain sexual offences
- typically the ages of children are 11-17 — most investigations are 13 year olds
Online Meeting Place
extremely popular with 1000’s of new users per day — most common age 14-20 and the
overall average age is 17.5, while average girl is 15. Most Albertans aged 14-18
10 Levels of Severity of Child Pornography
based on increasing sexual victimization
The COPINE Project
has been housed in the Department of Applied Psychology at the University College Cork (Ireland) since 1997, during which time has been actively researching the child sexual abuse on the web
non-erotic/sexualized pictures
Level 1: Indicative
naked of semi-naked in legitimate setting/sources
Level 2: Nudist
surreptitious photographs showing underwear/nakedness
Level 3: Erotica
deliberate posing suggesting sexual content
Level 4: Posing
deliberate sexual or provocative poses
Level 5: Erotic Posing
emphasis on genital areas
Level 6: Explicit Erotic Posing
explicit activity, but not involving an adult
Level 7: Explicit Sexual Activity
sexual assault involving adult
Level 8: Assault
penetrative assault involving adult
Level 9: Gross Assault
sexual images involving pain or animal
Level 10: Sadistic/Bestiality
Erotic
of love — pertaining to sexual passion (greek: eros-love)
Pornography
description of manner etc of harlot (a prostitute or promiscuous woman)
(greek: porne-prostiturem graphein — to write)
- treatment of obscene subjects in literature — written or graphic forms of communication which either are intended to, or may incite sexual interest… indecent literature or films
Pocket Criminal Code of Canada
section 163 — offences tending to corrupt morals including anyone making, printing, distributing, etc… also, obscene written, picture, model, recording, etc…
Obscene
any publication a dominant characteristic of which is the undue exploitation of sex, or of sex and any one or more of the following subject namely, crime, horror, cruelty, and violence, shall be deemed to be obscene. — no definition of pornographic
Selling with Sex and Sex for Sale…
sexual content ranges from implied to explicit and from erotic to pornographic
Art
painting, sculpture, drama, music, dance
Print Media
magazines, novels, advertising
Electronic Media
movies, home/music videos, CDs
Merchandise
sex toys & specialized clothing
Entertainment
strip shows, peep shows, lap dancing, XXX video, sex clubs, leather bars
Services
escorts, telephone “900”, prostitutes, massage parlours
Prostitution
the sale of sexual activity for money or goods of value.
- almost universal, changed over time and between cultures. Majority is female prostitutes & male clients.
Occasional to full time job.
Types: Females
server straight men (johns) and streetwalkers: bars/hotels, brothels, massage, parlous, escort services, call girls — streetworkers are in the most danger for abuse & STDs, poorest, bottom of hierarchy. Call girls most independent, better pain, less danger
- most start young, have a short career, have abusive background, may low skills & self esteem — money main motivation
Customers…
occasionally, habitual, and compulsive
- why? sex with negotiation or commitment, eroticism & variety, sociability, sexual problems, away from home —
most common reason now
Types: Males
gigolos (few): serve females - mostly older, unattached, wealthy women
Types: Males
hustlers: straight, gay & bisexual men who serve mostly gay men, also straight men bar and street hustlers, brothels (few), kept boys (w/sugar daddies), call boys, punks (prisoners given protection/drugs as payment), drag prostitution (TVs & TSs
- street workers least well off, younger & in greatest danger, may be HIV positive, most hustlers part-time and pumps not involved, money in main motivation
- gay/straight men in bars/clubs & on the street. Bisexual customers conduit for HIV to female partners Reasons: no commitment, lack of relationship, source of male contact for bisexuals.
