7.1 street vice Flashcards
how many men in britain have paid for sex on at least one occasion
how many out of 10
how many in total
1 in 10
2.3 million
there is approximately how many sex workers
60-80,000
how many women and children have been internationally sex trafficked
4000
where in the world are the majority of victims from international trafficking
- europe
- central asia
- north and south america
what represented the greatest percentage of human trafficking
forced prostitution
the majority of trafficking is domestic or international?
majority is DOMESTIC
What are examples of prostitution myths
- the oldest profession
- response to male sexual needs
- victimless crime
- choice and free will
- its just a job like any other
- happy hooker
- prostitution as white slavery
what percetnage of abuse and neglect in childhood are ‘looked after’
70%
what are constant features in prostitution
- suffered life threatening violence
- regular abuse
- addicted to alcohol and drugs
- HIV STDs
- stabbed raped beaten
- abuse and coercion
- overwhelming majority want to stop selling sex
- substance misuse
how much more vulnerable to homicide are sex workers than other women
x12 more vulnerable
what is the main reason people sell sex?
MONEY
what are undoubtable issues around women and poverty
- subsistence reasons
- structural issues making other routes out of poverty blocked
what is a view of liberal feminists and advocacy groups
- its an honourable profession serving socially valuable ends
- women have right to choose what to do with their bodies
- sex work is work
- should have same rights and protections as people in other jobs
- what counts as intimate should be at discretion of women themselves
liberal feminist and advocacy groups
- telling women what is good for them is…
paternalistic and patriarchal
liberal feminist and advocacy groups tend to be what?
pro-decriminalisation and full legislation
what do radical feminists argue
- womens sexuality should not be commodified and doing so reaffirms male dominace over women
- sex work is not work but an option of last resort
- some equate prostition with modern slavery
- prostution cannot be entirely consensual
radical feminists say using the term sex work is obscuring what?
obscuring the realities for almost all women i.e. violence and rape
what do radical feminists tend to argue that prostiution is another example of what and campaign for what
mens violence against women and campaign for abolition
in community responses to sex work did not affetc their overall quality of life but instead
- concern raised about…
- street sex working impinged…
- concerns raised about visibility of sex workrs and associated nuisance
- street sex workin impinged negatively on residents use of public space
what do som e community responses about street sex work associate it it with
drugs and crime
what were community views and responses to sex work
varied
- ranged from sympathy and engaing with women
- to action to displace them from local streets
many residents and sex worker supported the concept of what
- tolerance zones
- designated spaces for working
what was the greatest consideration for sex workers
safer working environment
what % of respondents agreed with the statement sex work will always take place
73.2%
