Week 10

Question 1

what does RWA stand for

Answer 1

right wing authoritarians (think trad-wives mentality)

Question 2

what is socio-sexuality

Answer 2

Belief that having sex is permissible in the absence of emotional attachment

Question 3

what are the 5 views on sex work

Answer 3

moral conservative, sentimentalist, anti-sex work feminist, empowerment, polymorphous

Question 4

what is the moral conservative view

Answer 4

sex within a relationship is moral therefore sex work is bad

Question 5

what is the sentimentalist view

Answer 5

sex should have feeling attached but sex work doesn’t therefore its bad

Question 6

what is the anti-sex work feminist view

Answer 6

Prostitution is an example of extreme sexual inequality

Question 7

what techniques do the anti-sex work feminists use to problematize the power of choice

Answer 7

was it really a choice?, choice as a neutralizing technique (are you saying it’s a choice because it makes it easier to live with), problematize the concept of choice (did you have a full array of options, how does your choice impact the collective)

Question 8

what is the polymorphous view

Answer 8

Isn’t good isn’t bad, depends on individual experiences

Question 9

what is the asymmetry thesis

Answer 9

Is it still prostitution if we take away the money, easily disproven

Question 10

does legalization help

Answer 10

Allow certain forms of work to take place under controlled conditions
Further stigmatizes what they do because it classifies it as a unique form of work

Question 11

does decriminaliztion help

Answer 11

yes, Sex work covered under existing occupational health and safety laws which apply to other industries

Question 12

what are the effects of the Nordic model

Answer 12

No elements are helping women or making it safer