WGST 1808 Lecture 12: Sex Work and Other Real Work
21 Mar 2016
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Prostitution is not one thing, although it involves similar sexual acts, the meaning that those acts have are as diverse as the people who perform them. The stories of selling sex raise complex questions about gender, sexuality, cultural heritage and power. Some see sex work as business, a source of income. It is experienced differently depending on the location. Explore the work of strippers through the lens of feminist labour theory. The work women perform in strip clubs is hard clubs. In order to make her money she has to get guys attention. Like a rape victim, if she is inappropriately touched in the champagne room she is held responsible and sanctioned. When she is out of work she has to deal with all the stigma that comes along with her job. The contemporary international slave trade has received little attention in the social work literature.
