Human Sexuality Ch. 18

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Pornography

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sexually explicitmaterial that is generally evaluated negatively and might include anything thatdepicts sexuality and causes sexual arousal in the viewer.

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Obscenity

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a personal or societal judgmentthat something is off ensive; it comes from the Latin word for “fi lth.”

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Sexually explicit material (SEM)

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material such as photographs,videos, films, magazines, and books whose primary themes, topics,or depictions involve sexuality that may cause sexual arousal; the genitals orintimate sexual behaviors typically are shown.

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Femme porn

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sexually explicit material catering towomen and heterosexual couples. Femme porn typically involves women in its productionand has story lines that depict emotional intimacy andgreater equality between the sexes, is less male centered,avoids violence, and is more sensitive to women’s eroticfantasies (Milne, 2005).

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Sexual Expression

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People who read or view sexually explicit material usuallyrecognize it as fantasy; they use it as a release from their everyday lives. Exposureto such material temporarily encourages sexual expression and may activate aperson’s typical sexual behavior pattern or enhance experimentation.

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Sexual Aggression

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domestic and sexual violence as well as other behaviors which could cause someone to feel harassed, intimidated, or afraid​.

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Sex Discrimination

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discrimination in employment and opportunity against a person (typically a woman) on grounds of sex.

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Child Pornography

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a form of child sexual exploitation.

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Censorship

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when the government, private groups, orindividuals impose their moral or political values on others by suppressingwords, ideas, or images they deem offensive.

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prostitution

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Th e exchange of sexual behaviors such as intercourse, fellatio, anal intercourse,discipline and bondage, and obscene insults, for money and/or goods

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Sex as Work

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Many women who accept money or drugs for sexual activitiesdo not consider themselves prostitutes.

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Entrance Into Prostitution

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Many women begin working as prostitutes intheir younger years, even in their early teens

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Streetwalkers

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Prostitutes who solicitcustomers on the streets are especially vulnerable.

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Personal Background and Motivation

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Adult prostitutes are often womenwho were targets of early male sexual aggression, had extensive sexual experiencein adolescence, were rejected by peers because of sexual activities, and were notgiven adequate emotional support by their parents.

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Brothels

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“houses of prostitution,” “whorehouses,” and“houses of ill repute,” can be found in most large cities but, in the UnitedStates, are legal only in 10 rural counties in Nevada.

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Masseuses

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some massage parlors are fronts to prostitutionand off er customers any type of sexual service they wish for a fee, whichis negotiated with the masseuses.

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Call Girls

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Call girls have the highest status among prostitutes, experience lesssocial stigma than other prostitutes, and have among the safest working environmentsas they can experience more control over their working conditionsand who they have as customers than streetwalkers.

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Males Working in Prostitution

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Most research on male prostitution focuses on streethustlers, the male equivalent of streetwalkers. Th ere are other kinds of maleprostitutes, such as call boys, rent boys, masseurs, and prostitutes who workout of gay bars, who have not been extensively investigated.

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peer delinquentsubculture

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an antisocial street subculture, is characterized by male and femaleprostitution, drug dealing, panhandling, theft, and violence.

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Solicitation

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a word, gesture, or action that implies anoff er of sex for sale—is defined vaguely enough that women, and men, who arenot prostitutes occasionally are arrested on the charge because they act “suspiciously.”

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Sodomy

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one area ofsexual behavior, has provoked considerable debate.

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Advocating Sexual Rights

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Sexual rights are human rights, and they are based on the inherent freedom,dignity, and equality of all human beings. Sexual rights include the right to bodilyintegrity, sexual safety, sexual privacy, sexual pleasure, and sexual healthcare; the right to make free and informed sexual and reproductive choices; and the right tohave access to sexual information based on sound scientific evidence.