abstract:The sex industry (also called the sex trade) consists of businesses which either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment. Sex-related products and services such as prostitution, pornography, sex-oriented men's magazines, sex movies, sex toys and fetish and BDSM paraphernalia, and sex channels for television and pre-paid sex movies for on demand, are part of the sex industry, as are adult movie theaters, sex shops, and strip clubs.