PART I: Historical and Theoretical Foundations
1 Sex Work: Types and Paradigms
Pornography
Strip Clubs and Commercial Webcamming
Prostitution
Competing Paradigms
Notes
2 Sex Work Around the World: A Historical Overview
Prostitution in the Gendered Labor Market
Mediation and Gender Relations
Relationships Between Workers and Clients
Family Members
Conclusion
Note
Notes
PART II: Pornography
3 Key Trends in Pornography
Developments Over the Last 50 Years
Mainstreaming
Pornography Use and Content
Conclusion
Note
Notes
4 Professional Female Pornography Performers
Research Methods
Motivations, Likes, and Dislikes
What Performers Like About the Industry
What Performers Dislike About the Industry
Popular Perceptions of Actresses
Actresses Compared to a Matched Sample of Women
Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes, Performers and Matched Sample
Future Research
Notes
5 Transgender Women in the Adult Film Industry
Literature Review
Research Questions and Methods
Findings
Future Research
Note
Notes
6 Porn By and For Women
Research Methods
Entry into Porn
Motivations
Conclusion
Notes
PART III: Erotic Performance
7 Gender Roles at the Male Strip Show
Gender Roles: Reversed or Reinforced?
The Study
Interactions with Customers
Hypermasculine Presentations of Self
Aggressive Women
Conclusion
Note
Notes
8 Gay Strip Clubs
Research Methods
The Importance of Power
Power and Scarce Resources
Who has the Power?
Competition Among Dancers
Conclusion
Note
Notes
9 Webcamming: The Expansion of Sex Work Online
Research Methods
Contours of the Camming Industry
Cam Models' Backgrounds
Earnings
Benefits of Camming
Drawbacks of Camming
The Future of Camming
Note
Notes
PART IV: Prostitution
10 Selling Sex on the Streets
Street Prostitution
Research Methods
Demographic Characteristics and Working Styles
Neighborhood Relationships
Criminal Justice and Social Services
Conclusion
Notes
11 Street-Based Sex Work in the Digital Age
Research Methods
Findings
Conclusion
Notes
12 Illicit Massage Parlors
Research Questions
Data Collection Procedures
Findings
Conclusion
Note
Notes
13 Comparing Male and Female Escorts
Research Methods
Escort Agencies
Advertising
Niche Markets
Race and Racism
Stigma
Conclusion
Notes
14 Clients: The Rhetoric and Realities of Sex Buying
How Clients Became Part of a “Trafficking” Problem
Who are the Men Who Pay for Sex?
Women Who Buy Sex
A Diversity of Motives
Sugar Dating
Conclusion
Notes
PART V: State Policies and Political Struggles
15 The U.S. Sex Workers' Rights Movement
“The World's Oldest Profession”
The Modern Movement: 1950–2000
Backlash – Abolitionism, Trafficking, and “End Demand”
Activism in the Twenty-First Century
Battles Over the Internet
Conclusion
Notes
16 Criminalization, Decriminalization, and Legalization
Criminalization
Decriminalization
Legalization
The Different Models in Practice
Toward Best Practices
Notes
List of Contributors
Index

Since the publication of the second edition in 2010, the field of sex work studies has expanded. This fully updated edition of Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and Erotic Dancing presents an innovative, in-depth, and nuanced analysis of sex work, its risks, and benefits, and pays attention to newer and everchanging types of sex work and its actors, as well as public policies and laws that govern its trade.
Now in its third edition, this volume includes updated research on traditional forms of sexual labor and incorporates original, empirically grounded research on newer or less researched phenomena. New chapters explore the use of technology among street sellers, blurring the line between street and online solicitation, in addition to chapters on historical prostitution, transgender workers, illicit massage parlors, male strippers, commercial webcamming, alternative policies and legal systems, and the sex workers' rights movement.
The combination of cutting-edge and comprehensive analyses and carefully constructed methodologies in Sex for Sale makes it an excellent source of information for scholars and university students in gender studies, sociology, and criminology. ---provided by publisher