Human Sexuality in a Changing World 10th Edition Rathus Test Bank
Chapter 16: Selling Sex
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16.1 Multiple Choice
1) Prostitution has been referred to as __________.
- A) the best job in the world.
- B) a religious calling.
- C) the world’s oldest profession.
- D) the easiest job in the world.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 515
Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Define prostitution and sex work.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
2) By definition, prostitution is the exchange of sexual services for __________.
- A) money.
- B) drugs.
- C) valued objects.
- D) Any of the above.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 515
Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Define prostitution and sex work.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
3) Prostitution is illegal everywhere in the United States, except in __________.
- A) New York City.
- B) the San Francisco Bay area.
- C) some rural counties of Nevada.
- D) some southern counties of Texas.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 515
Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Define prostitution and sex work.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
4) Historically, prostitution has been traced back as far as __________.
- A) Victorian England.
- B) cave-dwelling hominids.
- C) the Middle Ages.
- D) ancient Mesopotamia.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 515-516
Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Define prostitution and sex work.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
5) Throughout recorded history, the major motive for prostitution has been __________.
- A) economic.
- B) sexual pleasure.
- C) the procurement of drugs.
- D) unusual sexual acts.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 516
Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Define prostitution and sex work.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
6) In Kinsey’s studies, approximately how many European males reported visiting a prostitute at least once?
- A) one-third
- B) two-thirds
- C) one-half
- D) three-quarters
Answer: B
Page Ref: 517
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
7) In Kinsey’s sample, visits to prostitutes were higher among __________.
- A) men over age 50.
- B) non-college-educated men.
- C) men under age 18.
- D) married men over age 25.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 517
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
8) What type of prostitution earns the lowest income?
- A) Call girls
- B) Streetwalkers
- C) Escorts
- D) Massage parlor workers
Answer: B
Page Ref: 518
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
9) The type of prostitutes who are most likely to face violence in their work are __________.
- A) brothel workers.
- B) call girls.
- C) streetwalkers.
- D) Mustang Ranch workers in Nevada.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 518
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
10) In the hierarchy of prostitution, the bottom rung of the ladder goes to __________.
- A) escorts.
- B) brothel workers.
- C) streetwalkers.
- D) massage parlor workers.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 518
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
11) Some streetwalkers charge as little as $5 for this service (although $15 to $25 is a more common figure.)
- A) Vaginal sex
- B) Oral sex
- C) Anal sex
- D) A hand job
Answer: B
Page Ref: 518
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
12) Streetwalkers tend to come from __________.
- A) poverty and unhappy childhoods.
- B) religious parents.
- C) small towns.
- D) educated backgrounds.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 518
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
13) Pimps typically provide a streetwalker with __________.
- A) a car.
- B) a secret identity.
- C) protection.
- D) All of the above.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 518
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand
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14) Some prostitutes die young from __________.
- A) drug abuse.
- B) disease.
- C) suicide.
- D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 519
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Apply
15) In surveys of the mental health of streetwalkers, researchers typically find which of the following?
- A) Streetwalkers show high frequencies of abuse, assault, and symptoms of PTSD.
- B) Streetwalkers rarely show signs of mental illness or psychological distress.
- C) Although some streetwalkers show signs of mental distress, most negotiate their dealings with clients with few problems and leave the life when they have made enough money to support themselves.
- D) Streetwalkers typically show high job satisfaction and desire to continue their trade until they can no longer support themselves through sex work.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 519
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Apply
16) The only state in the United States where prostitution is legal (in some counties) is __________.
- A) Nevada.
- B) Alaska.
- C) Hawaii.
- D) Maine.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 519
Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Summarize what we know about female and male sex workers, including their backgrounds.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember
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