FARLEY 2005 - REPLY TO WEITZER

Question 1

“i chose to work as a prostitute because i believed i had…

Answer 1

no other options”

Question 2

“i entered prostitution due to extreme…

Answer 2

emotional and financial stress and a lack of a supportive family system.”

Question 3

experienced working in ‘upscale’ massage parlours (California) - it is completely wrong to assume that the brothels were immune to violence - incidents of…(4)

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attempted strangulation

forceful restraint

customer’s removed condoms against prostitute’s wishes

pimps/madams forced prostitute to comply with customer’s requests that they found reasonable

Question 4

concluded that prostitution is multi traumatic with extremely high rates of physical and sexual violence perpetrated against people who are vulnerable usually as a result of: (4)

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gender

poverty

previous history of sexual assault

marginalisation because of race/ethnicity

Question 5

Weitzer = supporter of indoor prostitution - focused primarily on the community disruption caused by:

Answer 5

outdoor prostitution

Question 6

Waiter views prostitution from the community’s perspective - referred to as what theory?

Answer 6

Broken Windows Theory

Question 7

Difficulties in conducting research on prostitution due to the obtainment of…

Answer 7

funding

Question 8

Indoor prostitution tends to be socially…

Answer 8

invisible prostitution

Question 9

General consensus that most US prostitution takes place ..

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indoors

Question 10

In most jurisdictions (US), police ignore indoor prostitution unless…

Answer 10

they receive a complaint

Question 11

Although prostitution is illegal in locations where it is advertised, newspapers use code words that keep prostitution teasingly veiled and totally accessible, such as:

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‘personal services’

‘massage’

‘escort services’

Question 12

Harms of outdoor:

May subject women to higher rates of…

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physical violence

Question 13

Rates of psychological violence among indoor and outdoor =

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comparable

Question 14

Indoor prostitution’s social invisibility may actually increase its danger - community is less likely to see them, homes are rented for brothels and no one lodges a complaint unless…

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neighbours become irritated or suspicious

Question 15

[WALLACE 2004]

2004 - Brothel with trafficked Asian women operated in San Francisco - no one knew it was a brother until…

Answer 15

federal agents and immigration officials arrested a woman pimp

Question 16

(ROSS, ANDERSON, HEBER AND NOTON 1990)
Women who prostituted in strip clubs (indoors) had higher rates of dissociative and other psychiatric symptoms than those in…

Answer 16

street prostitution

Question 17

Weitzer (2004) defines exploitation as extreme physical coercion, ignoring psychological violence - he fails to define what types of control are exercised over the…

Answer 17

‘working conditions’ of prostitution

Question 18

Weitzer (2004) proposed a two-tiered system of prostitution decriminalisation:

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keeping prostitution indoors

prosecuting those committing the ‘nuisance prostitution’ (outdoors)

Question 19

Weitzer doesn’t address how safety will be brought about by

Answer 19

decriminalisation of prostitution

Question 20

Weitzer (2004) supports men’s rights to access women indoors - “massage parlours…have a positive effect in terms of providing a service that…

Answer 20

clearly men want”

Question 21

(Anderson 2005) The same sexually invasive dehumanisation occurs, regardless of the

Answer 21

physical location of prostitution

Question 22

Private booths increased the women’s vulnerability to rape - at the same time the booths permitted increased protection and anonymity for the tricks who…

Answer 22

used women in indoor prostitution

Question 23

As well as focusing on tricks’ attitudes and predatory behaviours, future research should focus on

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indoor prostitution

Question 24

Future research: avoid stereotypes about pimps - can be women or men, and sometimes deliberately exploit the…

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shame associated with prostituting