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2  Sexually explicit materials in contemporary America  Prostitution  Sexuality and the law Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

3  Difficult to study  Controversial Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

4  Pornography or erotica: Which is it? › Subjective terms › Value judgment › Obscenity › Sexually explicit material  Sexually explicit material and popular culture Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

5  Sexually explicit material and popular culture  12.6 billion revenue in 2005  Films & videos  Internet sex sites Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

6  Content › Violence › Subordination of women  Themes › Diverse sexual activity › High levels of sexual desire › Pleasure as the purpose of sexual activity › Readily available partners Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

7  Sexual expression  Variation of personal response  Sexual aggression  Sex discrimination  Child pornography Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

8  Censorship › Discriminatory › Art  Obscenity laws › Stanley vs. Georgia › Child pornography  Child protection › Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act › Child Online Protection Act Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

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10  The exchange of sexual behaviors such as intercourse, fellatio, anal intercourse, discipline and bondage, and obscene insults for money or goods  Sex work Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

11  Men and women and transvestites and transsexuals  Sex work  Customers › Primarily men › May not report enjoyment Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

12  Sex as work  Entrance into prostitution › Adolescent boys & girls › Physical and sexual abuse in home › Role of pimp  Many trafficked across borders › 800,000 › Primarily women › Trafficking Victims Protection Act Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

13  Personal background and motivation › Background of sexual experience & rejection or abuse › Monetary motivation  Forms › Streetwalkers › Brothels › Masseuses › Call girls Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

14  Wide range of age and lifestyle  Customers › Primarily men › Some women › Few gigolos  Pimps  Peer delinquent subculture Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

15  Solicitation  North American Task Force on Prostitution  Impact of HIV/AIDS and other STIs Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

16  Laws may criminalize particular behaviors › Sodomy  Recent legal actions › Lawrence et al. vs. Texas › Constitutional rights to marry Copyright McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2010

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