PSY BEH 118D Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Girlfriend Experience, Kamala Harris, Polyamory
30 May 2018
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Chapter 16 Sex for Sale
• prostitution
o engaging in partnered sexual activity or interactions in return for money, material
gifts, or some other form of payment such as drugs
o prostitution is illegal in US except in some counties in Nevada
• sex trafficking
o the recruitment and control of persons, by threat or use of force or deception, for
purposes of sexual exploitation
o recruited by ads promising a good job
o they find themselves captive
• Guest Lecture
o Ruby
▪ older sex worker
▪ started when she was 57, been doing it for 3 years
▪ loves it – does it for money but also because she loves it
▪ pegging + BDSM
▪ charge $300/hour
▪ needs to be legalized
▪ advertising online helps sex workers to vet their clients
▪ never had a violent experience
▪ having a good time 60% of the time, 20% of the time it’s work
▪ more victims of sex workers because they are forced to work in the streets
▪ SESTA/FOSTA
• bill to stop online trafficking
• Kamala Harris signed bill
• victim of sex trafficking can sue website
• doesn’t allow sex workers to advertise online
• forces them to go out into the streets
▪ vast amount of clients are married
▪ was a massage therapist before becoming a sex worker
▪ sex work needs to be legalized in order to stop sex trafficking
• need much more targeted approach
• other sex workers fear telling authorities about trafficking for fear
of prosecution
• very small percentage of people who do sex work are actually sex
trafficked
o Riley
▪ escort, adult entertainment
▪ polyamorous
▪ on adult entertainment sets, every person has to have STI screening within
14 days of filming
▪ not all sets use condoms
▪ SESTA/FOSTA does not give authorities way to stop sex trafficking
• drives it completely underground which make it harder to catch
traffickers
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