What are the four models suggested by Helen Reynolds on how ...

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What are the four models suggested by Helen Reynolds on how government could approach prostitution?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What are the findings of the research conducted by Edward Donnerstein and his colleagues about the relationship between pornography and sexual behavior?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Helen Reynolds proposes these four different models of how government could approach prostitution:
1. Laissez-faire model: Prostitution is illegal but no active enforcement or prosecution is pursued; the risk of arrest is low for prostitutes, and competition flourishes among many different types of prostitutes.
2. Regulation model: Prostitution is legal, but only in settings that are licensed by authorities, such as brothels; prostitution in unlicensed settings is attacked by police.
3. Zoning model: Prostitution is permitted in particular areas of a community; prostitution may be legal or illegal in these areas, but the police would arrest prostitutes only outside these neighborhoods.
4. Control model: Prostitution is illegal and enforcement and prosecution are actively pursued everywhere; the risk of arrest is high everywhere and much prostitution is forced underground.

Answer to Question 2

Psychologist Edward Donnerstein and his colleagues showed pornographic films to college-age males and then asked them to judge simulated rape trials. They found that men who watch sexually violent films are less likely to vote for conviction of a rapist than men who see nonviolent pornographic films or nonpornographic films. The researchers concluded that the men who watch sexually violent films develop more calloused attitudes toward women and attitudes that trivialize rape. The men also show more acceptance of rape myths, such as that female hitchhikers or provocatively dressed women deserve to be raped. Donnerstein and his colleagues also found that portrayals of sexual violence produce higher levels of sexual arousal than erotic but nonviolent sexual imagery, greater acceptance of violence against women, and a greater likelihood that men will state that they would rape someone themselves if they could get away with it.