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Sexual Lives Book Cover
Sexual Lives: A Reader on the Theories and Realities of Human Sexualities
Robert Heasley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Betsy Crane, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Commodified Sex: The Buying and Selling of Sex

Part Six: Commodified Sex: The Buying and Selling of Sex



1

According to Donna Marie Niles (44 "Voices of Sex Workers"), some sex workers report that the experience of selling sex on one's own terms feels liberating.
A)true
B)false
2

According to Gloria Lockett (44 "Voices of Sex Workers"), trying prostitutes in court rarely costs taxpayers.
A)true
B)false
3

Gail Pheterson (45 "The Social Consequences of Unchastity") argues that the whore stigma is related to racism.
A)true
B)false
4

Male unchastity, as deconstructed by Gail Pheterson (45 "The Social Consequences of Unchastity"), is defined by all of the following EXCEPT:
A)color
B)ethnicity
C)homosexuality
D)heterosexuality
5

The Danish Pedophile Association is a federal organization designed to incarcerate pedophiles, according to Julia O'Connell Davidson (46 "The Sex Exploiter").
A)true
B)false
6

According to Julia O'Connell Davidson (46 "The Sex Exploiter), sex exploiters can be defined as those who take unfair advantage of some imbalance of power between themselves and a person under the age of 18 in order to sexually use them for either profit or personal pleasure.
A)true
B)false
7

According to Julia O'Connell Davidson (46 "The Sex Exploiter"), children abused in non-commercial settings are far more likely to be abused by adults whom they know than by strangers.
A)true
B)false
8

Julia O'Connell Davidson (46 "The Sex Exploiter") argues that there is an urgent need for more extensive and detailed research into the root causes of demand for the sexual exploitation of children.
A)true
B)false
9

Julia O'Connell Davidson (46 "The Sex Exploiter") argues that the sexual exploitation of children takes place within a complex and multi-faceted "sex sector," which in most countries is linked in a variety of ways to both the formal and informal economy.
A)true
B)false
10

In "Pornography: Not for Men Only" (47), Mariana Valverde takes the position that pornography is just a more glaring example than usual of how the mass media portray women and the relations between men and women.
A)true
B)false
11

According to Mariana Valverde (47 "Pornography: Not for Men Only"), pornography derives most of its meaning and significance from the __________ context in which it exists.
A)political
B)social
C)sexual
D)biological
12

In "Pornography: Not for Men Only" (47), Mariana Valverde argues that capitalism, with its emphasis on production and consumption, is in part responsible for the violating images of women in pornography.
A)true
B)false
13

According to Mariana Valverde (47 "Pornography: Not for Men Only"), pornography eroticizes social domination, especially gender domination, and it can also be seen in advertising, women's magazines, and the mainstream media.
A)true
B)false
14

Mariana Valverde (47 "Pornography: Not for Men Only") asserts that the only real solution to the problem of pornography is to empower women and other oppressed groups so that we can begin to redefine what is erotic and what is not.
A)true
B)false
15

Harry Brod (48 "Pornography and the Alienation of Male Sexuality") argues that pornography __________ uniform standards of female beauty.
A)deduces
B)reduces
C)reproduces
D)none of the above
16

Kathy Myers (49 "Towards a Feminist Erotica") argues that objectification of female sexuality is inherently demeaning.
A)true
B)false