Prostitution

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Prostitution
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Ericsson

• Nothing immoral about two adults voluntarily
  consenting to an economic arrangement concerning
  sexual activity, in private. His reasoning
• Comparison to sexual love is misguided
• Most clients are respectable, married men
• Compare to sex in a loveless marriage?
• Prostitution is selling a service
• Sex is a basic need services should be free
• Sex is an intimate service but so is nursing
• Outrage is based on irrational cultural taboos
• Inequality/ exploitation stems from taboo

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Pateman

• Prostitution is the public recognition of men as
  sexual masters sells female submission on the
  market
• Prostitution involves selling bodies, selves
• Sex services are intimately related to body
• Sexuality and body central to self
• Need for sex not like need for food- no one has
  died
• Not like sex without affection reciprocal
  affection vs. unilateral subjection to sex acts
  with consolation of payment- difference btw
  freedom subjection
• Context Why do men (not women) demand
  prostitutes?
• Structure of sexual relns Power saturates sex
  relns
• Domination subjection confused with consent
• Reciprocal fulfillment of mutual desire - ideal

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DAaran

• Prostitutes are no different than any other woman
  in this social structure- All women are
  dehumanized and exploited
• Prostitutes have some measure of control
• Are in a better bargaining posn than men
• Hooker is just an outlet for male sexuality
• She is in a morally superior posn- honesty
• Not selling her body rents it services
• Rape is a constant danger
• dressing nicely to please their boss, clients
• Working for men have to act nicely to them
  cant get promoted to pimp

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Prostitution Policy

• Social purity movement feminists, doctors, etc
• 1910 White Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act) gender
  neutral
• 1900-1930, states enacted laws criminalizing
  prostitution- vs. soliciting then pimps
  (avails) -Vice
• 1970s ACLU- gender neutral, including homosexual
  acts, penalties for patrons -Women arrested,
  prosecuted
• 1971 Nevada- counties can license, tax, regulate
  or prohibit brothels- only women women are
  strictly regulated health inspections
  fingerprinted not permitted outside system
  Police may harass women 1973 COYOTE failed
  decriminalization Mid-1980s WHISPER- opposed
  decriminalization, advocated social programs