Deck 19: Sex As a Commodity

Question 1

Engaging in sex for pay is the definition of

A) polyandry.
B) polygamy.
C) prostitution.
D) statutory rape.
E) pornography.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

_______ are male prostitutes.

A) Pimps
B) Johns
C) James
D) Escorts
E) Hustlers

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The supposed female prostitute in the Christian scriptures who became a follower of Jesus was

A) Rachel.
B) Mary Magdalene.
C) Esther.
D) Margaret.
E) Sarah.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Prostitution, like all sex between unmarried people, has been condemned as _______ throughout the Christian era.

A) fornication
B) deviance
C) sex play
D) devil play
E) unrequited love

Question 5

Early Christian moralists saw a social utility to prostitution because they saw it as a necessary safety valve for

A) keeping women in their place.
B) pleasing Roman soldiers.
C) releasing male sexual energy.
D) keeping slaves working hard.
E) preventing people from marrying too young.

Question 6

Serious efforts to eradicate prostitution began in the 16th century, not only in response to moral concerns but also to address the problem of

A) wives' unhappiness.
B) priests visiting prostitutes.
C) gonorrhea.
D) parental sins.
E) religious conversion.

Question 7

In response to terrible conditions experiences by prostitutes, William Booth founded the _______ in 1865.

A) YWCA
B) YMCA
C) English Legion
D) Salvation Army
E) Red Cross

Question 8

In the latter part of the 19th century, most U.S. cities experienced the development of _______, where brothels were located.

A) YMCAs
B) skid rows
C) urban blight areas
D) slums
E) red-light districts

Question 9

Kinsey attributed the decline of prostitution by the mid-20th century to

A) unmarried men becoming Christians.
B) the greater willingness of unmarried women to engage in sex.
C) improved employment opportunities for women.
D) greater numbers of asexual men.
E) swinging among married couples.

Question 10

The change in sexual morality in the 1960s is attributed in part to the marketing of _______, which increased the number of sexually active women.

A) condoms
B) antibiotics
C) oral contraceptives
D) mini-skirts
E) IUDs

Question 11

Whereas 7% of men born between 1933 and 1937 lost their virginity to prostitutes, _______% of men born between 1968 and 1974 did so.

A) 0.15
B) 1.5
C) 5
D) 15
E) 25

Question 12

While most prostitutes are female, the proportion of male prostitutes in cities such as San Francisco is thought to be _______%.

A) 2-4
B) 5-10
C) 11-19
D) 20-30
E) 50-70

Question 13

According to a study by the Prostitutes Education Network, approximately _______% of prostitutes in San Francisco study described themselves as female.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 45
D) 75
E) 95

Question 14

The lowest rank in the prostitution hierarchy is occupied by

A) lap dancers.
B) escorts.
C) madams.
D) phone sex operators.
E) streetwalkers.

Question 15

The majority of female street prostitutes are

A) mothers.
B) wealthy.
C) immoral.
D) conservative.
E) liberal.

Question 16

In North America, brothel prostitution is legal in _______; off-street prostitution is legal in _______.

A) Vancouver; Las Vegas
B) Nevada; Toronto
C) Alaska; New York
D) Los Angeles; Nevada
E) Las Vegas; San Francisco

Question 17

Which of the following statements about street prostitutes is false?

A) They are mostly women.
B) Most have children.
C) They are disproportionately ethnic minorities.
D) They are often drug addicts.
E) The majority are infected with HIV.

Question 18

According to Weinberg et al. (1999), the mean number of clients per week for a female prostitute is

A) 2.6.
B) 16.
C) 26.
D) 36.
E) 46.

Question 19

Prostitution is better economically for women than for men because

A) women have access to more clients per day.
B) most potential clients are heterosexual women.
C) most potential clients are homosexual men.
D) most potential clients are homosexual women.
E) men give better tips than women do.

Question 20

Which of the following statements comparing male prostitutes to other prostitutes is false?

A) They are older.
B) They earn less money.
C) The have fewer clients.
D) They enjoy their jobs more.
E) They are younger.

Question 21

The average female street prostitute in San Francisco in 1990 earned about _______ annually.

A) $5,000
B) $15,000
C) $25,000
D) $50,000
E) $100,000

Question 22

You want to develop a drug treatment program for prostitutes. The most effective audience for your program would be

A) female prostitutes.
B) male prostitutes.
C) transgender prostitutes.
D) pimps.
E) johns.

Question 23

To some extent, the role of pimps has been taken over by

A) street gangs.
B) madams.
C) massage parlor owners.
D) police officers.
E) hustlers.

Question 24

Transgendered prostitutes may be called _______ by their clients.

A) "femmes"
B) "shemales"
C) "hemales"
D) hustlers
E) exotic dancers

Question 25

During an average year, a transgender prostitute can expect to experience violence from an unsuspecting client

A) once or twice.
B) 10 times.
C) 20 times.
D) 30 times.
E) 50 times.

Question 26

_______ are establishments dedicated solely to prostitution, with no cover activity.

A) Strip joints
B) Massage parlors
C) Gentlemen's clubs
D) Brothels
E) Escort parlors

Question 27

Today, working brothels can be found in the rural counties of

A) Texas.
B) Nevada.
C) Washington, DC.
D) Florida.
E) California.

Question 28

_______ often serve as fronts for prostitution.

A) Music halls
B) Cash bars
C) Strip clubs
D) Billiard halls
E) Bingo halls

Question 29

Escort services can be handled by a woman manager called a

A) hooker-booker.
B) whore-mistress.
C) madam.
D) pimpess.
E) pimp.

Question 30

At the top of the prostitution hierarchy is the

A) streetwalker.
B) lap dancer.
C) phone sex operator.
D) real escort.
E) stripper.

Question 31

Which of the following services from a prostitute costs the client the most money?

A) Massage
B) Full companionship
C) A girlfriend experience
D) Fellatio
E) Tribadism

Question 32

Many escort clients want a "_______ experience," including friendly conversation in addition to sex.

A) spousal
B) girlfriend
C) girl-next-door
D) hometown
E) fuck buddy

Question 33

Male escorts, popular in Europe, are called

A) pimps.
B) hustlers.
C) top dogs.
D) gentlemen.
E) gigolos.

Question 34

Most women who turn to prostitution do so because

A) they want good sex.
B) they want companionship.
C) they have loose morals.
D) they want a full social calendar.
E) it pays well.

Question 35

By saving 25% of his or her annual earnings, a transgender prostitute saving for sex-reassignment surgery will have saved enough money in

A) 1 year.
B) 2 years.
C) 3 years.
D) 4 years.
E) 5 years.

Question 36

COYOTE was founded by

A) Jane Fonda.
B) Andrea Dworkin.
C) Margo St. James.
D) Camille Paglia.
E) Candida Royalle.

Question 37

Prostitutes' rights organizations support all of the following except

A) the right of an individual to work as a prostitute.
B) legalization with regulation of prostitution.
C) decriminalization of prostitution.
D) increased rights for prostitutes.
E) unionization.

Question 38

An elected government official who wants to facilitate prostitutes' access to health care should

A) work to outlaw prostitution.
B) start a campaign to put all prostitutes in jail.
C) advocate for strict prostitution licensing laws.
D) support flexible regulation of prostitution.
E) start a campaign to sterilize all prostitutes.

Question 39

In a New York survey, about _______% of men said that prostitution should be legal.

A) 20
B) 40
C) 60
D) 80
E) 90

Question 40

_______ views of prostitution have resulted in "schools for johns."

A) Decriminalization
B) COYOTE
C) Feminist
D) "Dutch model"
E) Religious

Question 41

In 2007, 114 _______ were expelled from Haiti for sexually exploiting girls.

A) U.S. marines
B) U.N. peacekeepers
C) U.S. soldiers
D) Catholic priests
E) Catholic nuns

Question 42

Prostitutes are transported to the U.S. from all of the following countries except

A) Thailand.
B) Vietnam.
C) West Germany.
D) Russia.
E) Bolivia.

Question 43

A kind of sex work that blends prostitution and pornography is

A) stripping.
B) escorting.
C) massage therapy.
D) phone sex.
E) tattoo removal.

Question 44

The typical charge for phone sex is _______ per minute.

A) $1
B) $2
C) $5.99
D) $7.50
E) $10

Question 45

Pornography is estimated to be a _______-a-year industry in the United States.

A) $1.3 million
B) $13 million
C) $1.3 billion
D) $13 billion
E) $1.3 trillion

Question 46

John _______ wrote Fanny Hill, The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure.

A) Holmes
B) Bullough
C) Bancroft
D) Money
E) Cleland

Question 47

The _______ Act of 1873 criminalized the sale of obscene material.

A) Playboy
B) Hefner
C) Flynt
D) Miller
E) Comstock

Question 48

The first technology used to produce sexually explicit material was the

A) telephone.
B) printing press.
C) Internet.
D) computer.
E) glossy magazine.

Question 49

The online virtual-reality game Second Life has a red-light district called

A) Pahrump.
B) Castro Street.
C) San Francisco.
D) the Combat Zone.
E) Amsterdam.

Question 50

Hard-core pornography includes

A) vaginal penetration.
B) anal penetration.
C) ejaculation.
D) fellatio.
E) All of the above

Question 51

The Internet site _______ focuses on virtual sexual activities that would be illegal in the real world.

A) Second Life
B) Amsterdam
C) Sin City
D) Sociolotron
E) Necrobabes

Question 52

New technologies support new forms of pornography. The latest innovation in this area is

A) the Internet.
B) X-rated movies.
C) NC-17 movies.
D) DVDs.
E) virtual reality.

Question 53

In 1953, Hugh Hefner founded the magazine

A) Hustler.
B) Playgirl.
C) On Our Backs.
D) Playboy.
E) The Nation.

Question 54

_______ porn constitutes almost one-fifth of the pornography viewed in Japan.

A) Underage
B) Elder
C) Heterosexual
D) Homosexual
E) Transgender

Question 55

You are attending a lecture and the speaker states that it is an adult's constitutional right to view Playboy magazines. The speaker is most likely a

A) Baptist minister.
B) fundamentalist Christian.
C) liberal Democrat.
D) feminist theorist.
E) conservative Republican.

Question 56

You are a newly elected government official interested in reducing sexual assault in your community. Based on the best available evidence, which option should you endorse for your community?

A) Supporting the rights of adults to consume legally produced pornography
B) Prohibiting pornography that depicts spanking
C) Prohibiting pornography produced for women
D) Prohibiting pornography produced by women
E) Prohibit hard-core pornography

Question 57

The ACLU supports a ban on

A) extreme pornography.
B) horror pornography.
C) photos or videos of an adult having intercourse with an animal.
D) photos or videos of an adult having intercourse with a girl younger than 16 years of age.
E) simulated images of sexual strangulation.

Question 58

According to a study by the Parents Television Council (PTC), TV references to which of the following topics increased the most during the 1990s?

A) Homosexuality
B) Masturbation
C) Necrophilia
D) Bestiality
E) Oral sex

Question 59

Sometimes sexy ads result in viewers not paying attention to what retailers wish to sell. What group of retailers would most likely benefit from using sexy ads?

A) Landscapers
B) Pharmaceutical companies
C) Appliance stores
D) Jewelers
E) Heating and air conditioning companies

Question 60

Compared with 100 years ago, the prevalence of prostitution in U.S. cities

A) is much greater.
B) is much less.
C) is about the same.
D) is far less varied.
E) includes fewer male prostitutes.

Question 61

The devadasi of southwest India are

A) a class of male prostitutes who become long-time lovers of their clients.
B) a group of mothers who lobby the Indian government for sexual reform.
C) prostitutes associated with temples.
D) young male eunuchs who provide sexual services in exchange for property, not necessarily money.
E) prostitutes who offer "dry sex."

Question 62

Which of the following statements is true of street-level female prostitution?

A) Most are mothers.
B) A small percentage are drug-addicted.
C) Most are controlled by pimps.
D) They are beaten by their "johns" about once a month.
E) All of the above are true.

Question 63

A modern day pimp is most likely to be

A) a hip-hop singer.
B) wealthy.
C) supervising more than a dozen female prostitutes.
D) a body guard for a male-to-female transgendered prostitute.
E) having difficulty finding prostitutes to control.

Question 64

In the early 2000s, it was discovered that prostitution was associated with a few _______ offices.

A) doctors
B) dentists
C) accountants
D) lawyers
E) chiropractors

Question 65

The majority of prostitutes in the United States are found

A) on the street.
B) in escort services.
C) in brothels.
D) in massage parlors.
E) in exotic dance clubs.

Question 66

Male escorts who are hired by women are called

A) accessories.
B) hustlers.
C) bear cubs.
D) Billy clubbers.
E) gigolos.

Question 67

The most common reason for a woman to engage in prostitution is

A) economic necessity.
B) sympathy for men without partners.
C) she's forced to engage in prostitution by a pimp.
D) sexual satisfaction.
E) good pay compared with "straight" work.

Question 68

Which of the following is a reason cited as prompting men to use prostitutes?

A) Unavailability of sex partners
B) Sexual variety
C) Excitement of "forbidden" sex
D) More attractive than regular partner
E) All of the above

Question 69

According to feminist Andrea Dworkin, prostitution is a

A) form of sexual harassment.
B) female weapon against the patriarchy.
C) form of rape.
D) repression of lesbian tendencies.
E) form of entrepreneurship by women.

Question 70

What is the major roadblock in the legal reform of prostitution?

A) Most people are morally opposed to it.
B) It's far too difficult to regulate and police.
C) Those in the industry do not want it decriminalized.
D) No American wants a brothel located next to their home or school.
E) The risk of the spread of AIDS

Question 71

Prostitution and related activities account for _______% of Southeast Asian economies.

A) 1-2
B) 2-5
C) 5-10
D) 2-14
E) 10-14

Question 72

Phone sex companies like to create the impression that their operators are motivated by

A) money.
B) love of their job.
C) a hunger for sex.
D) a passion to satisfy and please men.
E) any and all men.

Question 73

The term "sexually explicit material" is

A) intended to define pornographic works that include penetrative sex.
B) a non-judgmental term for works that cause sexual arousal.
C) most commonly used by academics and policymakers.
D) Both b and c
E) All of the above

Question 74

Pornography's origins lie in

A) the Italian Renaissance.
B) the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
C) ancient cultures.
D) the twentieth century.
E) Western European countries.

Question 75

The emergence of the Internet has made it more complicated for interpreting U.S. pornography laws because

A) most porn websites cannot be tracked for legal compliance.
B) the world is a big place and one community standard is unlikely.
C) much of the most edgy porn comes from off shore sites such as Japan.
D) sexual consent legislation has changed so much over the last 20 years.
E) All of the above

Question 76

Porn stars make less money today than before because

A) there are more of them, so the talent pool is much larger.
B) actors are really not very convincing and this has reduced public interest.
C) people today would rather experience the real thing.
D) free porn has undercut the for-profit industry.
E) lawsuits have financially crippled the industry.

Question 77

The magazine Playgirl may have had more customers that were _______ than its intended target market.

A) heterosexual women
B) lesbians
C) gay men
D) heterosexual men
E) transgendered people

Question 78

_______ have long been pacesetters in women's pornography.

A) Lesbians
B) Heterosexual men
C) Gay men
D) Sex therapists
E) Feminists

Question 79

The _______ perspective on pornography downplays the negative components of pornography and argues that it is a protected by the First Amendment.

A) feminist
B) postfeminist
C) religious conservative
D) liberal
E) Canadian

Question 80

Research suggests that approximately _______% of men become more likely to harm women as a result of watching pornography. The men tend to _______.

A) 7; be socially incompetent
B) 7; have a preexisting hostility towards women
C) 20; be socially incompetent
D) 20; have a preexisting hostility towards women
E) 30; be socially incompetent and have a preexisting hostility towards women