Sex for Profit

Lecture Outline - Psy 252

11/16/99

 

 

 

A. Pornography

Video of an interview with an Attorney who takes on Pornography Cases

Difficult to Define:

Pornography -- "Visual and Written Materials used for Sexual Arousal"

Obscenity -- "Offensive Materials that are Illegal"

Dominant Theme appeals to PRURIENT Interest in Sex

Patently Offensive

Without Serious Literary, Artistic, Political or Scientific Value

Erotica -- "Positive Depictions of Sexuality"

 

Four Legal Issues

1) Evaluation of What is Obscene

2) Regulations on the Dissemination of Sexually Explicit Material

3) Constitutional Right of Free Speech

4) Sexual Discrimination?

 

 

 

B. Phone Sex

Video of an Interview with a Woman Who Sells Phone Sex

 

 

 

C. Prostitution

2 Videos -- a Dancer at a "Club" and Child Prostitution in Thailand

Definition: Exchange of Sexual Services for Money

History

Becoming a Prostitute

Types of Prostitutes

Call Girls

In-House Prostitutes

Streetwalkers

B-Girls or Bar Girls

The Pimp Connection