Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Three Steps
22 Oct 2013
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The second step in double jeopardy- appropriating the labor of female street. Life stories obtained from 14 female street hustlers between ages of 18-35. They were members of a street institution known as a pseudo family". Pseudo family-> pimp is at the top of hierarchy and he has women who work for him (sex workers) Article tries to show that the patriarchal structure that women face in the illicit world parallels that which exists in the legal world. It is women in general (particularly women of color) who face this double jeopardy" situation. Inaccessibility of prosperous legal work/failure of our welfare system to help provide living adequate standards leads to a certain amount of women to lead criminal life styles. It is argued that the women of this took to street life to obtain status/economic stability that is hard to unachieved for the children of poor.
