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