Deck 11: Commodification of Sex

Question 1

Sex Trafficking is

A)an offshoot of human trafficking
B)forced commercial sex acts
C)coerced pornography
D)all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

U.S.Congress passed the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 in which one of the main tenants was that brokers

A)provide prospective brides with information on domestic violence
B)protect the privacy of prospective male clients' criminal history
C)ban any prospective clients who have a record on the National Sex Offender Public Registry
D)all of these

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What are sociological explanations for why a teen or young woman might turn to prostitution?

Answer 3

no answer

Question 4

What is one explanation for high rates of transgender prostitutes?

A)transgender individuals are more sexually free
B)transgender individuals are more economically vulnerable stemming from their inability to find employment
C)sex trafficking
D)none of these

Question 5

One of the most consistent,overarching social trends associated with high rates of sex trafficking is

A)capitalism
B)dictatorship
C)large-sized sporting events
D)migration

Question 6

Pornography is legal unless is it obscene.

Question 7

Sex tourism is explained by sociologists as an example of how globalization shapes the sex industry primarily in what way?

A)wealthy exploiting the poor
B)poor exploiting the wealthy
C)religious ideology
D)sexual liberation

Question 8

Do pornographic images of violence increase acts of sexual violence? Explain.

Question 9

Anytime a child is involved in any kind of commercial sex act it is a crime.

Question 10

Law enforcement traditionally focuses more attention on prostitutes than their customers.

Question 11

Neocolonialism is a term to describe the elimination of exploitive economic practices.

Question 12

Commercial sex acts do not include sex in exchange for nonmonetary things like shelter.

Question 13

Give an example of how sexuality and militarism intersect.
Essay

Question 14

Why do some consider sexting child pornography?

Question 15

The word prostitute is stigmatized.Some feminists prefer the term sex worker instead because this new term

A)refers to income-generating work
B)illegitimates prostitution
C)criminalizes prostitution
D)reveals sexual exploitation

Question 16

A movement that argues that pornography can be a component to women's sexual freedom and an educational tool for women is

A)sex positive feminism
B)porn-as-health movement
C)there is no such movement
D)involves all feminists

Question 17

The majority of mainstream porn is geared toward what type of consumer?

A)white
B)heterosexual
C)male
D)all of these

Question 18

Pornography is transformed by technological advancements.One of the most recent trends in porn based on easy access to web cams is

A)pre-produced films
B)amateur porn
C)nude photos
D)all of these

Question 19

Joane Nagel (2000)defines sex tourism as an interaction between ethnicity and sexuality,or also describes it as

A)biracial
B)ethnosexual
C)hypersexual
D)masculine domination

Question 20

Describe the role of the pimp in prostitution.

Question 21

What does it mean to commodify sex? Describe three examples in society in which sex is commodified? Who are the commodities and who are the consumers? What is the role of gender in all examples?

Question 22

What is sex tourism? How does gender,race,ethnicity,and the global economy factor into sex tourism?

Question 23

Describe the criminalization and the legalization arguments over prostitution.

Question 24

How is sex trafficking different from prostitution? How does the debate on legalization of prostitution factor into discussions of sex trafficking?

Question 25

Describe what it means to say porn has become mainstream? What sexual images and expectations are connected to watching porn?