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Reel Or Reality? The Portrayal Of Prostitution In Major Motion Pictures, Raleigh Blasdell
Reel Or Reality? The Portrayal Of Prostitution In Major Motion Pictures, Raleigh Blasdell
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study examined media portrayals of street-level prostitution. The objectives of this research were twofold. The first was to examine the nature of the film industry’s portrayal of females engaging in street-level prostitution in the United States in the following areas: 1) entry into sex work; 2) the economic need behind the women’s involvement; 3) experiences of childhood victimization; 4) presence and role of pimps; 5) drug/alcohol abuse; 6) victimization; and 7) mental/physical health. The second objective was to determine if this media coverage is analogous to extant research on these aspects of prostitution culture.
The Unified Film Population Identification …