Psych Unit 16 Flashcards

Question

Call Girl

Answer 1

Call girl = works out of her own residence, makes appointments with clients by phone or online - Often middle-class - Can charge between 150-200$ per hour - She dresses and lives as if she has a lot of money **They work in better conditions bc they work out of their homes

Answer 2

Brothel = a place where people engage with prostitutes - declined after WWII - Still in Nevada – prostitution is legal in some counties - Safer than other venues

Answer 3

In-call services = same as brothel *newer word for brothel - Serve clients who come to the apartment - More independence than a sex worker - Less choice of clients

Answer 4

Massage parlor = male and female employees sell sexual services - Stripassage, sensual massage - Generally operated by Asian men and women and staffed by Asian women

Answer 5

Escort Service = emply men and women who will engage in sexual activity - The escort gets to decide what activities they do with the client - Escorts have to telophone the service

Answer 6

Independent Escorts = not employed by an agency - Their average rate is high - Some advertise the girlfriend experience

Answer 7

- Most visible sex worker (bc on the street) - Strict time constraints - Often addicted to drugs - Likely to be arrested because she does things on the street (most arrested are people of color) - Might have pimps *greater risk for violence and disease

Answer 8

Strip Club = sexualized experience such as erotic dances, but not necessarily sex with a customer - Each club attracts a specific audience - They cater to mostly straight men

Answer 9

Camgirls = they sell erotic services using webcam tech, usually through a public chat room - In public chat rooms, multiple participants come and pay **The sex worker is physically safe bc it's virtual and not in-person interaction

Answer 10

Pimps = the person who is the companion-master to the prostitute - The prostitute supports the pimp with money and he provides her companionship and sex, bails her out of jail, provides food, shelter, clothes, and drugs - might control and abuse her - many pimps are in other industries too

Answer 11

Madam = a woman who manages or wons an in-call service, a brothel, or an escort service - knows a lot of people

Answer 12

Sex Trafficking = the recruitment and control of people by threat or use of force or deception, for pruproses of sexual exploitation - not consenual - Lots of people are recruited in third-world countries - Some people are recruited by people who promise them a good job or a husband in a different country Latin Americans = work in brothels Asian Women = work in massage parlors Eastern European women = work in strip clubs

Answer 13

- Some become sex workers because of childhood abuse - factors in the environment (economic need, lack of job skills) - want to make money and find it exciting - forced or coerced to be one - many go thru an aprenticeship before where they learn skills Some people leave sex work because they’ve been arrested, have to give up their kids, or they know people who experienced violence as a sex worker

Answer 14

Netherlands recruited women who worked for at least 1 year for a study of sex and health - ¼ of the women are doing well - ¼ of the women had headaches, backaches, anxiety and depression - They were in denial and disassociated to cope

Answer 15

The risks of the sex workers depended on the venue they worked in - Women who work on the streets were in greater risk of arrest and violence

Answer 16

The healthoutcomes for sex workers where prostitution is illegal is worse - Prostitutes can’t really report violence if it’s illegal where they work - Theft, stealing, and threats are common - Sex workers can get HIV/AIDS - They often inject drugs - HIV risk is greater in private sex life than sex work - risk of rape **Getting rid of the stigma of being a sex worker would improve their mental health

Answer 17

- drugs and alcohol - shut down feelings - disassociate - take courses to better their skills at being a sex worker

Answer 18

“Johns” = the customer of the sex worker One-time clients = sex worker doesn’t see them again Regular clinets = repeat clients and worker knows them Longterm financial providers = men provided support and payed for stuff regularly ***men who buy sex are more likely to rape - men think they're masculine for having sex

Answer 19

less risky for men than women - never work on the street - Mascuilinity is challenged - Most men are sex workers for money or they had left home - Most men use drugs who do this

Answer 20

Gigolo = a man who provides companionship and sexual gratification regularly to a woman in exchange for money - Usually one client at a time - Many women who pay for this are sexual toursists (White women from wealthy countries)

Answer 21

Outdoor workers = young and straight, who enagage in sex in cars, homes, or other places Hustlers = male street workers Bar workers = work in gay-identified places (gyms, clubs, hotels) Escorts or call boys = the customer finds them from gay media

Answer 22

Sex Toursim = lesiure travel where people purchase sexual services or engage in unpaid casual sex - Tourists are usually wealthy (they have to pay to travel) - They like having sex with someone who has darker skin *** Lots of STIs spread through this (don’t use as many condoms)

Answer 23

- Migration of men and women from developing countries - Commodification of sexual intimacy - Increased travel for fun