FRHD 2100 Lecture 18: Chapter-18-commercial-sex

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Sale of sexual activity for money or goods of some value. The longest known profession which stems back to ancient times. Although prostitution was legal there was a number of activities involved in prostitution that were illegal. The attempts to legalize prostitution have been resisted this resistamce is mostly seem by the. The protection of communities and exploited persons act, passed in june 2014. It made the selling of sex legal with some restrictions however the buying of sex illegal. The consequences for purchasing sex would range from a fine to up to 5 years in jail. It also set restraint son how sex workers could advertise. There seems to be a gender split with more canadian men than women wanting prostitution services to become legal. Canadians seemed to be evenly split on prostitution being legal or illegal. Called working girls, escort, hookers are usually labeled based on the setting in which they work.