Global market of sexual nature services. Case for Ukraine

Petro Kurmaiev

doi:10.34069/AI/2020.26.02.2

Petro Kurmaiev Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Security, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Uman, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-0380

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2020.26.02.2

Keywords: Pornography, prostitution, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, state regulation, the market of sexual nature services.

Abstract

The global market of sexual nature services has an impact on the sustainable development pace, covering various spheres of public activity. We understand it as a set of relationships the purpose of which is to meet the needs of a sexual nature on a paid basis. The development of a global market of sexual nature services determines the vector and dynamics of the functioning of national markets. The article is devoted to the research of the market of sexual nature services of Ukraine. Methods of generalization and expert evaluations were used in the research process; for collecting information survey method was used. The article deals with the structuring of the market of sexual nature services of Ukraine with the allocation of markets: prostitution and sex tourism, pornography, trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The quantitative indicators and features of the components of the market of sexual nature services functioning are analyzed. The thesis is based on the further rapid development of the market of sexual nature services and its components in Ukraine. It is indicated by the low efficiency of state regulation of the market of sexual nature services in Ukraine. The negative consequences of the ineffective regulation of the market of sexual nature services, which include the reduction of opportunities for protecting the rights and freedoms for persons involved in prostitution work, pornography and other areas, are presented.

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Author Biography

Petro Kurmaiev, Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Security, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Uman, Ukraine

D.Sc.habil. (Economics), Assistant Professor in Economics, Department of Finance, Accounting and Economic Security, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Uman, Ukraine

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