WGST 3812 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cocktail Waitress, Hot Tub

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 3812
• Professor: Lori Stinson

Document Summary

Bedford case: 2013: former sex workers challenged the constitution. Prostitution: the global practice of sexual exploitation and male violence against women. Incall workers: provide sexual services to contacts in places like massage parlors and brothels. In the 1970s, due to the feminist movements in favor of prostitution and sex work, these workers were finally viewed as possible victims. Victimization formed through sexualized male violence: rape, battery, and torture. Women engage in sex work due to possible substance abuse problems, because of male partners, and due to the need of income. Many women are gendered and radicialized in the job industry thus women are left to work the low pay jobs. Examples are massage parlors that offer vibrators and hot tub shows, there are erotic messages and manual(and some cases oral) Escort usually involves sex but some workers don"t do anything ( a worker just played cards with a lonely old man)