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A sex worker in Germany

The sex industry consists of businesses which either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment. The sex industry includes adult sex-related products and services such as prostitution in all its forms, pornography in all its forms, sex shops, men's magazines, sex movies and sex channels for television, besides others.

The sex industry is subject to a variety of legal restrictions and regulations around the world. For example, participation of minors in the industry is almost universally not permitted, as is the trafficking of people for the purpose of prostitution. The regulations which apply to the industry vary considerably from one jurisdiction to another.

Industry sectors

Window prostitution, in De Wallen, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The sex industry comprises several sectors, the main ones of which are prostitution and adult entertainment.

Prostitution involves the provision of sexual services to another person in return for payment. The services are labour intensive, usually involving direct contact between the sex worker and a client. Other participants in the sector are the managers of the sex workers (usually referred to as "pimps") and those who provide facilities where the sexual services are provided, usually referred to as brothels, though prostitution can also take place on the street, in a car, a hotel room, or other non-permanent location.

Adult entertainment includes live performances. These can be in sex shows or strip clubs and can involve lapdance or other erotic dance. These generally do not involve actual contact between the performer and the audience. Non-contact interaction between the sex worker and a client can also be made through the webcam or telephone. Live performances can also be taped and distributed through the Internet in a variety of forms.

Adult entertainment can also involve portrayals through any media of material which provides sexual excitement and erotic satisfaction to the viewer, usually referred to as pornography or erotica. The media through which pornography can be presented includes films, animation, photographs, drawings, literature and other ways. They are distributed in a variety of ways, including publication in adult magazines, books, DVD etc, and can be sold through sex shops or over the internet. Adult films can also be obtained or rented through sex shops or over the internet or viewed on DVD, on pay-tv, in adult movie theaters and adult video arcades. It is also available on home video and DVD, pay-per-view, live streaming video and video on demand.

The industry also includes businesses which produce and distribute sex toys and which enable people to meet to engage in sexual activities, such as sex clubs, gay bathhouse, darkroom, and others.

In the United States, the pornographic film industry is centered in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, with an estimated 200 production companies in the region employing as many as 15,000 performers, making up to 11,000 films and estimated to earn as much as $13 billion a year. In 2002, there were at least 2,500 strip clubs in the United States generating an estimated revenue of US$3.1 billion, 19% of the legal adult entertainment. By 2010, the number of clubs in the U.S. has grown to approximately 4,000.

Personnel

"Cream", a lesbian live sex show in Granada

The sex industry employs a multitude of people. These range from the sex worker, also called adult service provider (ASP) or adult sex provider, who provides sexual services. These can be prostitutes, pornographic actors, pornographic models, sex show performers, erotic dancers, telephone sex operators, or webcam sex operators.

In addition, like any other industry, there are people who work in or service the sex industry as managers, film crews, photographers, those working in development and maintenance of websites, processing orders, producing and selling DVDs and other sex articles, printing magazines and books, etc. Some create business models, traffic trading, press releases, negotiate contracts with other owners, buy and sell content, technical support, servers, billing, payroll, organise trade shows and various events, marketing and sales forecasts, human resources, taxes and legal.

Usually, those in management or staff do not have direct dealings with sex workers, instead hiring photographers under contract who have a direct social network with the sex industry and sex workers. Pornography is a product that management and staff in the adult industry professionally markets and sells to adult webmasters for distribution on the Internet.

Internet

The first home-PCs capable of network communication prompted the arrival of online services for adults in the late 80s and early 1990s. The wide-open early days of the World Wide Web quickly snowballed into the dot-com boom, in-part fueled by an incredible global increase in the demand for and consumption of porn and erotica.

Sex tourism

Sex tourism contributes to the growth of the sex industry in some countries, which make a significant contribution to the local economies of some urban centers. Sex tourism may arise as a result of stringent anti-prostitution laws in the home country of the tourist, but can create social problems in the host country.

Location

Sex industries tend to cluster around military bases. The British naval port of Portsmouth had a flourishing local sex industry in the 19th century, and until the early 1990s there were large red light districts near American military bases in the Philippines. The Monto red-light district of Dublin, one of the largest in Europe, gained most of its custom from the British soldiers stationed in the city; indeed it collapsed after Irish independence was achieved and the soldiers left. The notorious Patpong entertainment district in Bangkok, and the city of Pattaya, Thailand, started as R&R locations for US troops serving in the Vietnam War in the early 1970s.

Opposition

Further information: Anti-pornography movement and Sexual ethics

The sex industry is very controversial, and many people, organizations and governments have strong moral objections to it, and, as a result, pornography, prostitution, striptease and other similar occupations are illegal in many countries.

The term anti-pornography movement is used to describe those who argue that pornography has a variety of harmful effects, such as encouragement of human trafficking, desensitization, pedophilia, dehumanization, exploitation, sexual dysfunction, and inability to maintain healthy sexual relationships.

Feminist objections

Many feminists are strongly opposed to the sex industry. They argue that this industry is exploitative towards the women who work in it and contributes to the male-centered objectification of women, increases sexual violence against women, and undermines gender equality. They say that prostitution is a form of male domination, of violence against women, and, as a result of such views on prostitution, Sweden, Norway and Iceland have enacted laws which outlaw the buying, but not the selling of sexual services (the client commits a crime, but not the prostitute).

Conservative and religious objections

Social and religious conservatives condemn the sex industry. They argue that this industry undermines the conservative lifestyle and leads to the moral breakdown of society. They say that these professions are amoral, weaken family values, and are contrary to the religion's teachings.

Other objections

Sex & Pornography is awsome.The sex industry often raises objections because it is sometimes connected to criminal activities, such as human trafficking, illegal immigration, drug abuse, and exploitation of children (child pornography, child prostitution). The sex industry also raises concerns about the spread of STDs.

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References

  1. New York Times June 12, 2009
  2. Purdue, Lewis (2002). EroticaBiz: How Sex Shaped the Internet. IUniverse. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0595256129. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. "VCG Holding Group, Inc. 2009 10-K". VCGH. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

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