Sex+work

= Introduction = toc Sex work is the transaction of indirect or direct sexual activities for money or other resources such as shelter, food, or drugs (Kingston & Sanders, 2010). Middleton (2002) explained in as the “selling sexual services indiscriminately for payment. The seller provides the buyer with a service for a fee.” Sexual activities within sex work vary widely and include, but are not limited to: pornography, prostitution or streetwalking, stripping and exotic dancing (Erickson-Schorth, 2014)**.** Majority of the research conducted focuses on problem side in the correlation of local prostitution with drugs and health issues, the reality where sex work exists throughout the world is a lot more diverse (Kingston & Sanders, 2010). Whereas the other domains include global sex tourism and the commercial sex industry which includes selling sex indirectly (Donnan & Magowan, 2010).



Throughout history, different societies view of sex work differed based on cultural values and sociopolitical contexts. With the increase of globalization, economic, political, and cultural factors are more interconnected and complicated (Singh & Hart, 2007; Middleton, 2002). Studies often oversimplify and perpetuate negative stereotypes that reinforce the predominant stigma towards sex working populations. Listed below are links to cultural variations of sex work.

=Cultural Variations=


 * Minors
 * BDSM: Professional Domination
 * Internet Pornography
 * Transgender Community

=**References**= Bennett, A. (2015). Prostitution, pimpin and brothels: How legal are they across the world?. //The Telegraph.// Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11642984/Prostitution-pimping-and-brothels-how-legal-are-they-across-the-world.html

Erickson-Schroth, L. (Ed.). (2014). //Trans bodies, trans selves: A resource for the transgender community//. New York, NY: Oxford UP.