LABR 2P86 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Forces, Ronald Weitzer
18 May 2016
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Sex work: discussing work (for pay) that involves some aspect of sex (including but not limited to, intercourse) Sex work and human trafficking are not the same thing: most sex workers aren"t trafficked, though some are. Most sex work, but by no means is all of it, is performed by women for a male client. Sex work exists in both legalized (i. e. stripping and illicit context i. e. prostitution) Estimates of global income of sex trade range from billion-billion. 2500-5000 strip clubs in the u. s. alone taking in approx. Amount spent on the u. s. pornography industry is up to billion per year. Retrogressive dynamic: the longer a person works in a sexual occupation, the less one is paid, and the lower the status of the work venue jeffrey escoffier. The exchange of sexual services, performances, or products for material compensation. It involves activities of direct physical contact as well as indirect sexual simulation .
