CRM 2307 Lecture 16: Crm2307 march 14th 2017

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2307
• Professor: Christine Bruckert

Document Summary

Introduction to sex work: 1- the narrative was these were immoral women whom were damging to society, up until the 1980s. Although there is enough research that has some idea of what the sex industry looks like. One of the myths is the average age of entry is 13 (which would mean half of the sex workers start under the age of 13) they are members of the community. What sex workers do: solicit on the street", in public places, erotic dance, erotic massages, escort services (incall, outcall, porn film acting phone sex operator webcam performances specialized (ex: domination) Sex work is more of an occupational category then a job description. The (cid:449)a(cid:455) people (cid:449)o(cid:396)k is (cid:395)uiet di(cid:448)e(cid:396)se the work someone who solicits on the street, there usuall(cid:455) paid (cid:271)(cid:455) th se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot the ti(cid:373)e . this se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)e (cid:373)a(cid:455) look (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:396)ed to someone paid by the hour.