Erotic Representations in History
The Development of Pornography
Sexuality in the Media and the Arts
Erotic Literature: The Power of the Press Television and Film: Stereotypes, Sex, and the Decency Issue
■ SEX IN REAL LIFE Generation M
■ SEX IN REAL LIFE How Do Movies Rate?
Advertising: Sex Sells and Sells
Other Media: Music Videos, Virtual Reality, and More
■ SEX IN REAL LIFE Portable Pornography
Graphic Images: Pornography and the Public’s Response
Defining Obscenity: “Banned in Boston”
■ PERSONAL VOICES I Want to Be a Porn Star!
The Pornography Debates: Free Speech and Censorship Studies on Pornography and Harm Online Pornography
What the Public Thinks About Pornography
Selling Sex
Defining Prostitution
■ SEX IN REAL LIFE Am I a Prostitute?
Sociological Aspects of Prostitution Who Becomes a Prostitute?
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СШ ur lives today are full of visual media: magazines, newspapers, book “ covers, CD arid DVD packaging, cereal boxes and food products— even medicines are adorned with pictures of people, scenes, or products. Advertisements peer at us from magazines, billboards, buses, matchbook covers, and anywhere else that advertisers can buy space. Television, movies, computers, and other moving visual images surround us almost everywhere we go, and we will only depend on them more as information technology continues to develop. We live in a visual culture whose images we simply cannot escape.
We begin this chapter with a brief history of erotic representations. Next we take a look at how erotic representations are presented to us every day in books, television, advertising, and other media. Only then do we turn to the graphic sexual images of pornography. We will also explore how sex itself is sold today, from lap dances in strip clubs to prostitution. Along the way ask yourself: What influence do sexual representations and selling sex have on us? What are they trying to show us about ourselves? How do they subtly affect the way we think about men, women, and sexuality?