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1. Provide an overview of the history of prostitution beginning from it’s earliest records up to and including prostitution in the twentieth century.
Textbook Reference: Can Money Buy You Love? pp. 617–620
2. Discuss the relationship between religion and prostitution including a discussion of the “devadasi” of Southern India.
Textbook Reference: Can Money Buy You Love? pp. 617–620
3. Provide an overview of the types of prostitutes, their motivations for this form of employment, and a summary of the prostitution hierarchy.
Textbook Reference: There Is a Hierarchy of Prostitution, pp. 620–626
4. Compare and contrast female prostitutes with male and transgendered prostitutes in terms of earnings, safety, time with clients, sexual orientation, and sexual pleasure experienced.
Textbook Reference: There Is a Hierarchy of Prostitution, pp. 620–626
5. Provide an analysis of the motivations for the customers of prostitutes.
Textbook Reference: Good Pay Is the Main Motive for Prostitution, pp. 626–632
6. Review worldwide patterns of legislation and regulation of prostitution, and the divergent opinions that are held about governments’ proper role in this domain.
Textbook Reference: Good Pay Is the Main Motive for Prostitution, pp. 626–632
7. Discuss with definitions, the prevalence and global concerns associated with underage and coerced prostitution.
Textbook Reference: Good Pay Is the Main Motive for Prostitution, pp. 626–632
8. List and discuss the types of sex work that clouds the distinction between prostitution and pornography.
Textbook Reference: Pornography Has Always Been Part of Human Culture, pp. 632–633
9. Provide an overview of the history of the pornographic industry along with key issues related to censorship.
Textbook Reference: Pornography Has Always Been Part of Human Culture, pp. 632–633
10. Discuss, with examples, how technology has impacted the distribution and availability of pornography.
Textbook Reference: Pornography Has Always Been Part of Human Culture, pp. 632–633
11. Compare current sociopolitical perspectives on the use and regulation of pornography with regard to its potential harmful aspects.
Textbook Reference: There Are Conflicting Perspectives on the Value or Harm of Pornography, pp. 637–641
12. Explain why underage pornography, though widely condemned, is common in some countries other than the United States.
Textbook Reference: There Are Conflicting Perspectives on the Value or Harm of Pornography, pp. 637–641
13. Describe the trends in sexual content on television since the 1980s.
Textbook Reference: Sex Is Part of the Mass Media, pp. 641–643
14. Describe the ways advertisers have used sexual images to promote their products and identify when this works and when it does not.
Textbook Reference: Sex Is Part of the Mass Media, pp. 641–643
