Benjamin Smith 9.18.2014 Event Participation #1 Tricked: A look inside America’s Sex Trade Documentary Tricked discusses in extent the ongoing debate of human-sex trafficking in America. Sex trafficking is a continuously-growing business in the criminal industry – earning revenues of over $3 billion per year – and that same amount of money being lost in police effort’s funding to stop this crime. The documentary looks at the point of view on the topic of sex trafficking from all angles – the victims, families, businessmen, customers, and the laws – and how the industry has affected their lives and efforts. Honestly, this documentary has completely changed my outlook on sex trafficking – mainly due to the fact that the film increased my knowledge on the topic in answering questions that I didn’t even know I had to ask. Sex trafficking is a much more serious crime than people think it is – a business of female empowerment that sell sexual services in exchange for money – when, however, it is an underground market of enslaved women forced into unwilling intercourse.
First Amendment and Pornography These articles have opposing viewpoints on laws concerning pornography. Both authors argue their side of the issue while having many of the same ideas as each other. To begin, “The First Amendment Junkie” by Susan Jacoby states that certain restrictions on pornography would be a violation of the first amendment. Susan Jacoby is known for writing about women's rights and issues for popular magazines such as Glamour, McCalls, and The Nation. The next article is "Let's put Pornography Back in the Closet" by Susan Brownmiller.
The book "Cheap Amusements: Working women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York," by Kathy Peiss focuses on the gender relations issues and by how they spent their leisure time. Most of the factors that restricted the leisure activities of the working class were the long hours of labor that they had to do to make ends meet. The common forms of family recreation were mostly free. In addition, the streets served as the center of social life and, for men, leisure was formed through activities such as baseball teams or going to a shooting gallery or a gymnasia. As well as, the saloon being a place of camaraderie for men.
The article “Raunch Culture” by Ariel Levy discusses how life in the twenty first century has become very raunchy and erotic. She talks about how easy it is to blame the males of our culture for objectifying women. However, it is the women who are volunteering to have these pornographic or racy photographs and videos taken of themselves. Even women athletes are posing for scantily clad pictures, and they are getting more attention for that than their specialized sporting events. This article discusses that women taking control of their sexuality and objectifying themselves are not, in fact, the same thing.
If she were interested in the rebellion Julia would have found the manual very important and interesting. Overall Julia’s many sexual encounters with Party members seems to be more than just personal pleasure and more of a job. Throughout all of the affairs she has yet to be caught, but when she was with Winston they were captured. This seems to be more than just bad luck. Julia’s lifestyle makes it very hard to believe that Julia truly loves Winston.
It is not difficult to conjure up an image of the archetypical female inmate. Female prisoners are usually of low socioeconomic standing and have long been marginalized from mainstream society through denied access to educational and employment opportunities. Proponents of increasingly punitive adjudication of female offenders cite a growing belief that American women are becoming more violent than their predecessors are. The notion that women are becoming more predatory, conversely, has only been furthered by the sensationalistic media coverage of the scattered heinous crimes perpetrated by women. Despite the void of sensationalistic media coverage reporting domestic violence in this country, it is a present and growing problem.
Currently, the Sweden has about 200 prostitutes in its capital city, with population of 2 millions. Prostitution on the street is virtually gone, although the authority still battles sex trafficking and prostitution online. Many pimps and brothel owners do not see the hefty fines worth the battle. Legalization isn’t a solution to end violence against women in prostitution. If anything, it offers the leeway for brothel owners, pimps, and johns to exploit women and children.
It would be a way for our economy to be stimulated. Just think… if these women could legally make up to three hundred thousand a year (if not more) that was taxed; common sense says they would spend it. More money in our economy means more growth in the job industry, which would just enable men to spend more money on sex. America is in the middle of this crisis where there are not enough jobs, so we need to stimulate the economy. According to fox news there are over one million prostitutes in the United States alone.
Female Serial Killers 1) My name is Alicia, and I am doing my presentation on female serial killers. a) I picked this topic because often times people don’t think that women can commit such violent crimes, but there are actually quite a few famous cases of female serial killers. 2) Overview: b) What makes them different? i) How are female serial killers different than male serial killers? c) Why they do what they do?
Since Facebook is viral and used all around the world and is free for those who choose to create an account has the access of uploading what they choose to upload. Some girls would post pictures in their bikinis showing off their body, or pictures in wearing shirts that cover up very little of their bodies. This too I consider it as being kiddy porn on the internet just as much as it is considered as producing porn to the public. According to the author Levy says that the women who participate in these types of parties lack feminism and the objectivity of being a woman. In my opinion I believe that women who come to America and become strippers or work for private clients do it for the money and attention.