Sociology 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: World Wide Web, Sex Tourism, Marxist Feminism
26 Feb 2020
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Ch 7: pornography and the sex trade in canada. Many reasons for entering the sex trade form being abused to career choice. Prostitution: the sale of sexual services (of oneself or another) for money or goods and without emotional attatchment. More broadly, systems of prostitution refer to any industry in which women"s and/or children"s - and sometimes men"s- bodies are bought, sold, or traded for sexual use. Sex work introduced in canada by europeans. Early writings about females in the public eye. Globalization of prostitution refers to international conglomerates of hotel chains, airlines, bars, sex clubs, massage parlours, brothels, and credit card companies have an economic interest in its promotion. World wide web sides, eg world sex guide, promote it. Trafficking is an estimated . 6 billion usd (2005) and 20. 9 million people industry world wide (2012) Sex tourism has been growing and women have been joining (often not by choice)
