Feminism &
Prostitution
Feminist
Issues in Prostitution (see also Feminism
& Prostitution: A Nonmonolithic Debate for a shorter version of
how the different types of feminism view prostitution)
Prostitution: Where Racism and Sexism Intersect
Prostitution
and Male Supremacy, by Andrea Dworkin
Overview
of "Solutions" to Prostitution [this one quote does not
reflect the nature of the whole article, but it's a great question"
"Prostitution is a combination of sex and the free market. Which
one are you against?"]
Feminism and Prostitution
An online interview with Carol Leigh, an artist, poet, writer, feminist,
prostitute-activist. Discussed is the depravation of prostitutes rights,
why feminists should not be against prostitution and pornography (and
monogamy, and...)
Prostitution,
Feminism and Critical Praxis: profession prostitute?
This article examines narratives regarding life in prostitution. These
narratives focus upon routes into prostitution, 'making out' in
prostitution, male violence against women working as prostitutes. They
reveal the resistances women engage in order to maintain stable self
identities whilst labeled and treated as marginalized, criminalized
'other' through the operation of 'whore stigma'. This paper also seeks
to locate the experiences, needs, meanings and practices of female
prostitutes within socio-economic and historical contexts.
Misc. links on Sex
Work
Urban Institute report, The Hustle: the size and dynamics of underground markets (prostitution, drugs). Through interviews with convicted pimps, we uncovered information on how businesses are operated, how men and women enter and are recruited into the trade, and how the Internet is changing the street-based commercial sex economy. Report ~ nice overview
"Street
Prostitution, 2nd Edition" (90 pp.) focuses on the problem of
female street prostitutes and provides practitioners with information
regarding prostitutes, their clients, and pimps and panderers. It also
explains the transaction and the environment associated with the
problem, and describes the linkage between prostitution and drugs. (Community
Oriented Policing Series, US Dept of Justice)
Children
and Prostitution - index This is
a research report from UNICEF regarding the sexual exploitation of
children. The objectives and scope of the research are:
- Map the discourse of the commercial
sexual exploitation of children, showing the main ideas in operation
and the main organizational and geographical contexts in which they
arise;
- Map the data showing what data are
available, their strengths and weaknesses, together with a critique
of methods and assumptions;
- Describe the context of the production
and reproduction of knowledge in this field;
- Discuss the implications of the
current state of discourses and data and their potential for future
work, particularly in the area of measurement.
Philosophy
Talk (Real Audio w/listening notes) Prostitution: Is prostitution
morally objectionable? Should it be illegal? Or is it
simply a market transaction, where one party sells a service for a price
that another party is willing to pay, and no third party is
harmed? Philosophy Talk favorite Debra Satz (Dept of
Philosophy, Stanford) joins John and Ken.
Network of Sex Work Projects - interesting list of
articles on Prostitution
Law
The Urban Justice Center's Sex
Worker Project has a number of detailed reports (alternet
reviewed one of the reports)
Prostitution
in France This site details the
registration process of “common prostitutes” in France, including
medical examinations. Furthermore, the removal of prostitutes from
prostitution is discussed.
Is Pornography The Same As Prostitution? A New York Judge Says "No," But the Answer Is Less Clear
(Findlaw.com column)
International
Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe ~ see the Manifesto
from their 2005 conference (.pdf, 12 pages)
Comprehensive bibliography
on sex work and the sex industry
For
Sex Workers
Exotic Dancers Alliance:
Because Everyone Deserves Fair Working Conditions, Even Live! Nude! Girls!
Adult Industry Medical Health Care
Foundation: Everything you wanted to know about STDs & Condoms
Sisters
Offering Support
provides prostitution prevention and intervention through
education and awareness. "We believe that prostitution is
a system of exploitation and abuse. It is a system which keeps
women and children oppressed and disempowered. Involvement in prostitution most often stems from a perceived
“lack of choice,” rather than from choice. We increase awareness of choices in conjunction with developing
options to prostitution. We do not advocate for systems which
legalize or decriminalize prostitution. We believe that these
systems continue to oppress and exploit both women and
children."
