What's the problem with prostitution? : Shifting problematisations of men and women selling sex
(2018) In Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale p.21-37- Abstract
The selling or procuring of sexual services was never an uncontroversial part of the everyday exchange of goods and services in Western culture. Instead, it has been represented as a problem since (at least) the Middle Ages, and the problem descriptions have had different functions as the social, economic and cultural organisation of society was changing. Men selling sex to men, on the other hand, have been made problematic in connection with shifting constructions of homosexuality. Moreover, agents have defined the problem differently. The Church, local authorities, public health officials, social scientists and sex sellers themselves have all had different interests in the trade and represented the problem in radically different... (More)
The selling or procuring of sexual services was never an uncontroversial part of the everyday exchange of goods and services in Western culture. Instead, it has been represented as a problem since (at least) the Middle Ages, and the problem descriptions have had different functions as the social, economic and cultural organisation of society was changing. Men selling sex to men, on the other hand, have been made problematic in connection with shifting constructions of homosexuality. Moreover, agents have defined the problem differently. The Church, local authorities, public health officials, social scientists and sex sellers themselves have all had different interests in the trade and represented the problem in radically different ways.
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- author
- Rydström, Jens LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Vad är problemet med prostitution? : Föränderliga problematiseringar av män och kvinnor som säljer sex
- publishing date
- 2018
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- sexuality prostitution history soldier prostitution
- host publication
- Understanding sex for sale : Meanings and moralities of sexual commerce - Meanings and moralities of sexual commerce
- series title
- Interdisciplinary Studies in Sex for Sale
- editor
- Skilbrei, May-Len and Spanger, Marlene
- pages
- 21 - 37
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85136383765
- scopus:85136383765
- ISBN
- 978-1-138-09296-9
- 978-1-315-10717-2
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781315107172-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- ebc98d40-c3d9-4f66-92b9-9471ba2a2c8d
- date added to LUP
- 2018-09-11 09:20:23
- date last changed
- 2024-03-06 10:36:27
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