Read Sex for Sale~Prostitution, Pornography and the Sex Industry Online
Authors: Ronald Weitzer
Tags: #Sociology
11; screening of clients 206
feminism: abolitionist 32, 326, 341;
escorts 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 205–232; advertising
antipornography 67, 299, 300; gay male
213–216; characteristics of 8; emotional
pornography 84; globalization 308;
labor 11; girlfriend experience 11, 187,
mainstream organizations 327, 345n7;
213, 215, 235; job satisfaction 11–12;
prostitution 233, 235, 237, 243; sex-
law enforcement 26, 27; Nevada 265;
positive 98–99, 287; strippers 116;
niche markets 216–219, 228; on-the-job
theoretical debates 47; women-made
training 209, 212–213; race and racism
pornography 16, 94, 96, 97–98, 106,
219–221, 228; screening of clients 206,
109; women’s market 293
209, 210, 236; sexual negotiation
femmes 126
226–227; stigma 222–225, 228–229;
see
fetishism 93, 140, 196
also
call girls; indoor sex work
films 1–2, 15, 16, 48; Adult Entertainment
essentialism 5, 6, 287, 300
Expo 289; gay male pornography 68–81;
ethnic groups: female escorts 208–209; gay
women-made pornography 92;
see also
male pornography 72; male escorts 208;
porn stars
massage parlors 42n129; prostitute
Flint, George 273, 275
customers 238, 239; women-made
Flowers, Amy 141, 142, 152, 159n35
pornography 94;
see also
African-
Flynt, Larry 286, 302
Americans; race
Foucault, Michel 300
ethnography 16, 91, 117, 209, 287, 320
Fox, Steve 73
Europe 2, 23, 24, 81, 330
Fox, Ty 73
evangelical Christians 4, 332
France 23, 24, 81
Eve’s Garden 293
Freddy and Eddy 302
exploitation 3, 5, 6; prostitution 235; sex
Freedman, Estelle 69
tourism 309, 320, 321;
see also
oppression French, Dolores 10
paradigm
Friedman, David 69
FyreTV 290
Falcon Productions 73, 75, 81
fame 52–53, 58–60, 61, 63, 109
gay male pornography 17, 67–89; bareback
family relations: phone sex workers
genre 76–77; changes in the 1990s
146–147; street prostitutes 170,
72–77; comparison with straight porn 79;
173–174, 177, 178–179, 182
gay community 81–84; history of 68–71;
fans 59, 60, 289, 290
lack of research on 32–33; sidestepped by
fantasies: call girls 188; escorts 215;
feminist antipornography movement 300;
pornography 16; racial 220; sex tourism
video industry 77–81; websites 75–76
310, 317, 318; strip clubs 122, 123,
gay men: brothels 277; escorts 207, 208,
128, 133; telephone sex 152, 153,
223–224, 228–229; social space 124;
155
strip clubs 14;
see also
homosexuality;
Farr, Kathryn 337
male escorts; male prostitutes
360
INDEX
gender 119–120, 134; African-American
Hawaii 24, 29–30
women 123–124; cultural expectations
health and safety 259–260, 266, 272
133; differences between male and female
health services: lesbian women 130–131;
porn stars 51, 53, 56, 57, 59, 60–61, 64;
street prostitutes 170–171, 174, 175,
hierarchies of 311, 312–313; telephone as
178, 180;
see also
street outreach
“gendered technology” 139, 156n5;
see
Henderson, Lisa 287, 300
also
feminism; masculinity
Herkes, Bob 30
gender presentation 125–127
heroin 168–170, 171, 177–178, 179, 180
gender-benders 126
heteronormativity 123, 130, 151, 229
General Social Survey 2, 34n23, 234, 235,
heterosexuality 67, 82, 84, 133, 259
238
Hew Haven 30–31
“gentlemen’s clubs” 50, 53
Heyl, Barbara 212, 213
gentrification 132
Hick, Jochen 88n64
Germany 338
Higgins, William 71
Giants
(1983) 83
HIV: brothel workers 266; escorts 226, 227;
Giordani, Jessica 297
gay male pornography 73, 76; hostility
girlfriend experience (GFE) 11, 140, 187,
towards AIDS educators 178; Los Angeles
213, 215, 235
Women’s Health Risk Study 189; male
girl/girl scenes 50, 57, 58;
see also
lesbian escorts 208; porn stars 50, 65n13, 66n18;
pornography
sex education 95; street prostitutes
glamour 52–53
163–165, 166, 170–171, 174, 177, 181,
Global AIDS Act (2003) 342
183;
see also
AIDS
Global Alliance Against Trafficking in
Hochschild, Arlie 187, 188
Women 327
Hof, Dennis 275
globalization 308–309
Hofler, Robert 83, 88n66
Goffman, Erving 146
Holland, Kelly 293
Gonzales, Alberto 20
Holzman, Harold 245, 248
“gonzo” porn 48, 75, 76, 92, 98, 105
homophobia 120
Good Vibrations 293, 295, 298, 302–303
homosexuality 66n18, 222, 268;
see also
gay Goodman, Oscar 270
male pornography; gay men; lesbian
gossip 66n18
pornography; lesbians; male escorts; male
Grand Opening 295
prostitutes
green products 296–298
Horowitz, Michael 334
Griffin, Kathy 78
Hotaling, Norma 335
group sex 196, 197
hotels 167, 173, 175–177, 179–180, 181,
group stepping 130
182, 194
Gutek, Barbara 201
Hudson Institute 334
GVA-TWA 303
Hughes, Donna 332, 333–334, 341,
347n43, 350n88
Haggard, Ted 4
Hunt, Brad 73
Hall, Stuart 300
Hamilton, Annette 317, 318
I Am Curious (Yellow)
(1969) 70
Hammers, Corie 124
identity: black 130; gay 74, 82, 84;
Hanna, Judith 131
heterosexual 84; male 121, 133; phone
harm-reduction principle 28, 32
sex workers 146, 147; “same-sex desiring”
Harris, Daniel 83, 88n66
135n10; social activism 225; strippers
Hartley, Nina 75, 108, 289–290, 300–301
127
361
INDEX
identity politics 96, 99–101
Kinsley, Jennifer 292
Idol, Ryan 82
kissing 73, 197, 198–199
Idol in the Sky
82
Korean sex workers 328
impression management 146–148, 154
incest 140, 152, 154
laboratory experiments, pornography
income: call girls 12; gay male pornography
14–15
79; male escorts 208; phone sex workers
Lambton, Anthony 4
149, 158n33; porn stars 50–52;
see also
lap dancing 118
money
Larsen, Ronnie 87n42, 88n64
Indianapolis 18–19
LaRue, Chi Chi 77–78, 80, 83
indoor sex work 7, 8, 9–10, 11–12, 251; law
Las Vegas 255, 257–258, 260, 270, 277;
enforcement 41n118, 41n120; two-track
Adult Entertainment Expo 285, 289;
policy 25, 26–28, 29, 30, 236; violence
arrests 30; illegal sex workers 24, 265;
236;
see also
brothels; call girls; escorts
“john schools” 237, 238; opposition to
industry trends
see
sex industry trends
legalization 22
inequality: sex tourism 312–313, 320, 321,
Latin America 81
322; strippers 115, 134;
see also
Latinos 166, 167, 208
oppression paradigm
Lederer, Laura 326, 332, 340
Internet 2, 251, 286; escorts 206, 207, 213;
legal seminars 292
gay male pornography 75–76, 77, 79;
legalization 10, 22–25, 32, 235; attitudes
obscenity 21; phone sex advertisements
towards 23, 24, 240–243; decline in
156n1, 158n33; prostitute customers
brothels 349n75; denial of US funding
234;
see also
websites
for organizations supporting 342;
Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) 290
dual policy 29; moral crusade against
intimacy 11, 187–188, 190–191, 196,
338–339; Nevada 255–256,
197–199, 200
258–259, 267, 274, 277;
see also
iPods 291
decriminalization, New Zealand,
Isherwood, Charles 82
Western Australia
Island Fever
(1989) 72
lesbian pornography: lack of research on
Israel 23
32–33; sidestepped by feminist
antipornography movement 300; women-
Jameson, Jenna 82
made 93, 99–100, 104;
see also
girl/girl Japan 15
scenes
Jeffreys, Sheila 115–116
lesbians: activism 95, 99–100; health issues
Jellicoe, George 4
130–131; sex education 107; strip clubs
Jensen, Robert 299–300, 301, 306n40
116–117, 118, 119–120, 123–127,
job satisfaction 6, 11–12, 13, 145–146, 149
129–131, 132–133; telephone sex 140;
“john schools” 31, 234, 237–238
watchers of gay male porn 81
Jolly, Margaret 309
liberals 32
Jordan, Jan 245, 249
Liepe-Levinson, Katherine 125
Loftus, David 16
Kaminsky, Joel 303
Los Angeles 48, 52, 80, 82, 88n64
Kane, Sharon 80
Los Angeles Women’s Health Risk Study
Kansas City 30
189–190, 199
Kempadoo, Kamala 315
Louisville 41n120, 41n124
Kinney, Nan 99–100
Lovett, Tony 302
Kinsey, Alfred 191, 196, 235, 244
Lucas, Michael 80–81
362
INDEX
MacKinnon, Catherine 18, 98
migration strategies 315–316, 318–319,
Madell, Kelly 119
320
magazines 1, 50, 52, 68, 78, 85n4
Miller, John R. 340
mainstreaming 2, 21, 298;
see also
Miller, Nancy Eva 158n25
normalization
Miller v. California
(1973) 18, 19
The Making of a Gay Video
(1995) 83
Minneapolis 18
Making Porn
(1994) 88n64
minors 28
male escorts 16–17, 207, 208; advertising
misogyny 17, 299, 301, 317–318
213, 214–215, 216; agencies 210, 211,
Mizer, Bob 70
212–213; BDSM 217; boyfriend experience
money: brothel workers 271; call girls 195;
11, 213; porn stars 79–80; race 220, 221,
escorts 217, 220–221, 228; gay male
228; rates 217, 228; sexual negotiation
pornography 79; phone sex workers 149,
226–227; stigma 222, 223–224, 228
158n33; porn stars 50–52, 109; street
male porn stars 50–51, 53, 56, 57–58, 59,
prostitutes 169, 172, 177, 195
60–62, 64, 66n18
Montemurro, Beth 119
male prostitutes 4, 64, 235–236; “boyfriend
Moonlite Bunny Ranch 267, 275, 278
experience” 11; brothel owners’ attitudes
Moore, Lisa Jean 226
268, 277–278; emotional labor 201;
Moore, Mignon 125, 126
stigma 222
moral crusade 325, 331, 332–344;
male strippers 14, 64, 117, 119, 125
characteristics of 325–326, 343; denial of
Manderson, Lenore 309
agency 333–334; institutionalization of
Mann, Marc 85n19
claims 339–343; opposition to
Mann Act (1910) 345n7
legalization 338–339; organizations
marriage: marital status of clients 191–193,
326–327; prevalence of trafficking
238, 239, 250; sex tourism 315–316,
335–337; prostitution linked with
319, 320
trafficking 332–333; violence 333;
see also
masculinity 68, 120–123, 128, 201
antipornography campaigns; oppression
Maskell, Jason 289
paradigm
massage 197–198, 218
morality 2–3, 332
massage parlors 7, 10, 328; characteristics of
“mother I love to fuck” (MILF) 140
8; ethnic groups 42n129; job satisfaction
Murray, Alison 338–339
11–12; lack of research on 33; law
mutilation 140, 152–153, 155
enforcement 26, 27, 29, 41n120, 41n124
My Hustler
(1965) 69
Masters, R. E. L. 235
Matinee Idol
(1996) 73
Naked Highway
(1997) 74
Maxon, Brian 71
Nashville 26
McIlwaine, Cathy 315
National Family Legal Foundation 131
McKeganey, Neil 244
National Health and Social Life Survey
McLeod, Eileen 6
(NHSLS) 234, 235
Meese Commission 19
National Organization for Women (NOW)
men’s attitudes 2, 3, 16
327, 345n7
Miami 31
NBA
see
Nevada Brothel Association
Midnight Cowboy
70
needle exchanges 166, 167, 168, 179,
migrant labor: Nevada 263, 264; sex
181–182
tourism in the Dominican Republic
Netherlands (Holland) 9, 23, 24, 330, 338,
309–310; sex workers 328, 329–330,
339
331, 334
Network of Sex Work Projects 327
363
INDEX
networking 55, 60, 61–62, 63, 102
“physique” pornography 68
Nevada 11, 12, 21, 22–24, 235, 237,
pimps 9, 164, 165, 174–175, 180, 182, 272
255–281, 339
Pines, Sharon 245, 248
Nevada Brothel Association (NBA)
Playing with Fire
(1996) 73
272–276, 278
police operations 26, 28, 41n124, 210, 234,
New Orleans 27
330–331
New York City: closure of establishments
policies: antiprostitution movement’s
17–18; gay male pornography 80–81;