SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Symbolic Interactionism, Marxist Feminism
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Sexual in nature and the reward for perfuming the sexual act is either money or other material goods exchanged at or near the time of the act. The relationship between the provider and the recipient of the sexual services involves neither love nor affection. Because there is an exchange of material reward for service, prostitution is a full or part time vocation. Prostitutes are not necessarily female and not necessarily adults. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (of oneself or another) for money or goods without emotional attachment. Prostitution has become industrialized with sex a product manufactured within the human self. Thailand"s prostitution is part of their gdp. Prostitution has become normalized as a form of entertainment with no legal impediments to promoting it as a commodity. Globalization of prostitution is the process by which the sex industry has become global in scope.