Месяц: Ноябрь 2015

The “Pornification” of U. S. Culture

Graphic sexual images have become so ubiquitous that many university literature, film, anthropology, law, and women’s studies departments offer "porn curriculum" courses that delve into pornography issues (Cullen, 2006). The mainstreaming of aspects of pornography and sex work into U. S. culture is so prevalent that author Ariel Levy has described today’s culture as "raunch […]

Types of Male Prostitution

Male prostitutes, like females, may engage in street hustling, bar hustling, and escort prostitution (Luckenbill, 1984). The differences between these types of prostitution are in income potential and personal safety. Street and Bar Hustlers Male street and bar hustlers solicit clients on the street or in parks that are known for the availability of the […]

Male Prostitution

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Types of Female Prostitution

Female prostitutes can solicit their services either in the street, bars, hotels, brothels, massage parlors, as call girls or courtesans, or out of an escort agency (Perkins & Bennett, 1985). These types of prostitutes differ with respect to the work setting, prices charged, and safety from violence and arrest. Streetwalkers make up about 20% of […]

Predisposing Factors

Some common threads run through the lives of many prostitutes. The most common factor, according to researchers, is an economically deprived upbringing (Goode, 1994). However, because high-class prostitutes, who often come from wealthy backgrounds, are less likely to be caught and arrested, research studies may concentrate too much on poorer women. Early sexual contact with […]

Counterfactual Thinking

Counterfactual thinking is another cognitive process that may lead women to not acknowledge their experience as rape. As applied to rape, counterfactual thinking would involve mentally changing or reconstructing the events that culminated in rape in such a way that something other than rape occurred (Kahneman & Miller, 1986; Kahneman & Tversky, 1982). Unusual or […]

Freedom of Speech Versus Censorship

SEX & POLITiCS Pornography as Social Criticism Sex for Sale What Constitutes Obscenity? The 1957 Supreme Court decision defined obscenity in order to implement censorship. It established the following three criteria for evaluating obscenity: 1. The dominant theme of the work as a whole must appeal to prurient interest in sex. 2. The work must […]