Is MODE or $pread made for sex workers?
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MODE (magazine) MODE (stylized MO"D"E) was a fashion magazine aimed towards plus-size women which launched in the spring of 1997. The magazine was praised for targeting the plus-size consumer with a "Vogue"-like fashion philosophy. "MODE" also helped to increase the growth of the plus-size industry and the caliber of plus-size clothing and advertising. In 1997, "MODE" was named the best new magazine launch by Ad Week and Advertising Age. "MODE" also ran model search competitions in conjunction with the Wilhelmina modeling agency, drawing entries from thousands of hopefuls from the US and Canada. Its circulation was approximately 600,000 at the time of its demise in October 2001.
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$pread $pread was a quarterly magazine by and for sex workers and those who support their rights. The magazine's focus was: "personal experiences and political insights" and it "contain(ed) practical information like news, features, health columns, and resources related to the sex industry."
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Prostitution in Japan Prostitution in Japan has existed throughout the country's history. While the Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956 states that "No person may either do prostitution or become the customer of it," loopholes, liberal interpretations and loose enforcement of the law have allowed the sex industry to prosper and earn an estimated 2.3 trillion yen ($24 billion) a year.
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Survival sex Survival sex is prostitution engaged in by a person because of their extreme need. It describes the practice of people who are homeless or otherwise disadvantaged in society, trading sex for food, a place to sleep, or other basic needs, or for drugs. The term is used by sex trade and poverty researchers and aid workers.
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Masturbation booth A masturbation booth (or masturbation pop-up, pleasure booth) is a small structure intended to allow people to masturbate. It is designed either to offer privacy to those wishing relief, or equipped with a masturbatory aid. One of the first such structures, inspired by the sex-toy company Hot Octopuss, was introduced on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, after a "Time Out" survey revealed that 39% of male New Yorkers masturbated while at work.
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Feminist views on BDSM Feminist views on BDSM vary widely from rejection to acceptance. BDSM refers to bondage and dominance, and Sado-Masochism. In order to evaluate its perception, two polarizing frameworks are compared. Some feminists, such as Andrea Dworkin and Susan Griffin, have stated that they regard BDSM as a form of woman-hating violence, while other feminists, such as Gayle Rubin and Patrick Califia, perceive BDSM as a valid form of expression of female sexuality. Some lesbian feminists practice BDSM and regard it as part of their sexual identity.
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Pay for placement Pay for placement, or P4P, is an Internet advertising model in which advertisements appear along with relevant search results from a Web search engine. Under this model, advertisers bid for the right to present an advertisement with specific search terms (i.e., keywords) in an open auction. When one of these keywords is entered into the search engine, the results of the auction on that keyword are presented, with higher-ranking bids appearing more prominently on the page.
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The Erotic Review The Erotic Review, also functioning as TheEroticReview.com, is a review site that ostensibly presents customers' assessments of their experiences with sex workers (referred to as "providers" on the website).
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Value Per Action Value Per Action (VPA) refers to an online marketing business model similar to the Cost Per Action (CPA) model. While Cost Per Action provides a low risk arrangement in which the seller only pays an advertising fee when a consumer takes action (such as purchasing their product) Value Per Action extends that model to add revenue sharing with the consumer.
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Oppai Slider 2 Oppai Slider 2 (おっぱいスライダー２ ) is a Japanese 3D sex simulator developed by Illusion Soft. It features three girls of different temperaments and willingness who the player tries to make aroused and ready for sex through the use of various objects and manipulation of erogenous zones. The name, containing a Japanese slang term for breasts, is a reference to the game's numerous options for customizing the size and appearance of female characters' breasts, nipples, and various other options like clothing transparency level and hair color through the use of the slider mechanic that makes extensive use of the mouse's scroll wheel. Much of the interaction in the game relies on the scroll wheel as well.
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Vivid Entertainment Vivid Entertainment Group is an American pornographic film production company.
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Prostitution in Switzerland Prostitution in Switzerland is legal and regulated; it has been legal since 1942. Trafficking, forcing people into prostitution and most forms of pimping are illegal. Licensed brothels, typically with a reception and leading to several studio apartments, are available. Street prostitution is illegal, except in specially designated areas in the major cities. Many workers operate using newspaper advertisements, mobile phones and secondary rented apartments. It is legal to advertise for "massages" in Swiss tabloid newspapers. Swiss sex workers pay VAT (value added tax) on their services and some accept credit cards. The majority of sex workers are foreigners from the Americas, Central Europe or the Far East. In recent years the number of full service sex workers has increased. In Zurich, foreigners from the European Union can obtain permission to work for 90 days as a prostitute if they present themselves to the city authorities, undergo a police interview, and provide proof of a health insurance plan. One estimate puts the number of street sex workers in Zurich at 5000.
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ImLive.com ImLive is a website providing live webcam performances by models, typically featuring nudity and sexual activity ranging from striptease and dirty talk to masturbation with sex toys. Models include females, males, couples, and shemales.
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Internet sex addiction Internet sex addiction, also known as cybersex addiction, has been proposed as a sexual addiction characterized by virtual Internet sexual activity that causes serious negative consequences to one's physical, mental, social, and/or financial well-being. It may also be considered a subset of the theorized Internet addiction disorder. Internet sex addiction manifests various behaviours: reading erotic stories; viewing, downloading or trading online pornography; online activity in adult fantasy chat rooms; cybersex relationships; masturbation while engaged in online activity that contributes to one's sexual arousal; the search for offline sexual partners and information about sexual activity.
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Make Money Fast Make Money Fast (stylised as MAKE.MONEY.FAST) is a title of an electronically forwarded chain letter which became so infamous that the term is now used to describe all sorts of chain letters forwarded over the Internet, by e-mail spam or Usenet newsgroups. In anti-spammer slang, the name is often abbreviated "MMF".
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Sega Meganet Sega Meganet, also known as the Net Work System, was an online service for the Mega Drive in Japan and later Brazil. Utilizing dial-up Internet access, Meganet was Sega's first online multiplayer gaming service, and functioned on a pay to play basis. The system functioned through the use of a peripheral called the Mega Modem and offered several unique titles that could be downloaded, and a few could be played competitively with friends. In addition, it shared technology and equipment with more serious services such as the Mega Anser, used for banking purposes. Though the system was announced for North America under the rebranded name "Tele-Genesis", it was never released for that region. Ultimately, the Meganet service would be short-lived, lasting approximately a year before it was discontinued, but would serve as a precursor to the Sega Channel and XBAND services, as well as a predecessor to online gaming services for video game consoles. Retrospective feedback praises the attempt by Sega to introduce online gaming, but criticizes the service for its logistical issues and lack of titles.
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Sex offender A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser, or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime differs by culture and legal jurisdiction. Most jurisdictions compile their laws into sections, such as traffic, assault, and sexual. The majority of convicted sex offenders have convictions for crimes of a sexual nature; however, some sex offenders have simply violated a law contained in a sexual category. Some of the crimes which usually result in a mandatory sex-offender classification are: a second prostitution conviction, sending or receiving obscene content in the form of SMS text messages (sexting), and relationship between young adults and teenagers resulting in corruption of a minor (if the age between them is greater than 1,060 days). If any sexual contact was made by the adult to the minor, then child molestation has occurred. Other serious offenses are sexual assault, statutory rape, bestiality, child sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, incest, rape, and sexual imposition. However, particularly sex offender registration laws in the United States, may also classify less serious offenses as sexual offenses requiring sex offender registration. In some states public urination, having sex on a beach, or unlawful imprisonment of a minor also constitute sexual offenses requiring registration.
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Digital Playground Digital Playground Inc. is an American pornographic movie studio, headquartered in Burbank, California. It has been called one of the five biggest porn studios and, in 2006, was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry. The studio has been at the forefront of introducing new communications technology, as it emerges, into porn.
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Women's pornography Women-oriented pornography is sometimes referred to as sex-positive pornography. Women's porn is often produced by women and aimed specifically at the female market – rejecting the view that men are turned on by porn, but women only by a box of chocolates.
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I Love Velvet I Love Velvet is a global provider of hardware and software for mobile point of sale (mPOS) transactions and value-added retail services. I Love Velvet manufactures and sells merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service mPOS systems to the entertainment, retail, hospitality, and automotive industries.
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Grooby Productions Grooby Productions is a company founded in 1996 and based in Los Angeles, California, that produces transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult transgender entertainment with its website Shemale Yum, "the first transsexual pay site with original content". The company owns a number of transsexual adult websites, produces its own DVD line, and has other interests in forums, blogs and social networking in the transsexual niche genre including the Transgender Erotica Awards.
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Viva Cruiser Viva Cruiser was an internet browser game from Pfizer used to promote the prescription drug for erectile dysfunction, Viagra. The Food and Drug Administration had the game taken off the internet, which was linked through ads on Forbes magazine's website.