Sexuality, Sex workers, prostitution, erotic dance, Pornography 

Intro -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Part I: Historical and Theoretical Foundations -- 1. Sex Work: Types and Paradigms -- Pornography -- Research on Pornography -- Strip Clubs and Commercial Webcamming -- Prostitution -- Street and Indoor Prostitution -- Well-being -- Community impact -- Experiences and meanings -- Competing Paradigms -- The Immorality Paradigm -- The Oppression Paradigm -- The Empowerment Paradigm -- The Polymorphous Paradigm -- Notes -- 2. Sex Work Around the World: A Historical Overview

Prostitution in the Gendered Labor Market -- Sex Work as Work? -- Alternatives in the Labor Market -- A New Division of Labor? -- Mediation and Gender Relations -- Procuring and Pimping -- Brothel Owners -- The Role of the State -- Relationships Between Workers and Clients -- The Demand for Sexual Services -- Worker-Client Encounters -- Male Prostitution -- Family Members -- Shame and Expelling -- Family Members as Intermediaries -- Conclusion -- Note -- Notes -- Part II: Pornography -- 3. Key Trends in Pornography -- Developments Over the Last 50 Years -- Mainstreaming

Pornography Use and Content -- Women's Viewership -- Amateur Pornography -- Younger Performers and Consumers -- The Mainstreaming of BDSM -- Conclusion -- Note -- Notes -- 4. Professional Female Pornography Performers -- Research Methods -- Participants -- Measures -- Procedure -- 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

Quality Of Life, Performers and Matched Sample -- Future Research -- Notes -- 5. Transgender Women in the Adult Film Industry -- Literature Review -- Motivations and Experiences of Cisgender Performers -- Motivations and Experiences of Transgender Performers -- Research Questions and Methods -- Participants -- Findings -- Financial Gain and Entrepreneurship -- Empowerment, Pleasure, Autonomy, and Freedom -- Stigma and Social Relations -- Work Dynamics -- Body Image and Presentation -- Hopes and Goals for the Future -- Strengths and Limitations of the Study -- Future Research -- Note -- Notes

6. Porn By and For Women -- Research Methods -- Entry into Porn -- Background in Sex Education -- Activism -- Feminism -- Sex-positivity -- Identity politics -- Art and Sex Work Backgrounds -- Network Influences -- Motivations -- Alternatives to Mainstream Porn -- Making ""better"" porn -- Women-made porn -- Making porn for women -- Changing the mainstream industry -- Sex Education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part III: Erotic Performance -- 7. Gender Roles at the Male Strip Show -- Gender Roles: Reversed or Reinforced? -- The Study -- The Setting -- Interactions with Customers