Title: Feminist views on prostitution - Wikipedia
Headings: Feminist views on prostitution
Feminist views on prostitution
Contents
Framing the debate
Arguments against prostitution
Coercion and poverty
Long-term effects on the prostitutes
Male dominance over women
A consequence and correlate of violence against women
The raced and classed nature of prostitution
Outlawing of buying sexual services
Pro-sex worker perspectives
Proponents and support groups
Economic empowerment
Marriage analogy
Legalization or decriminalization
Transgender, non-binary, and male sex workers
Other perspectives
Views of Prostitution in Developing Regions
Asia
Thailand
Africa
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Anti-prostitution feminists hold that prostitution is a form of exploitation of women and male dominance over women and a practice which is the result of the existing patriarchal societal order. These feminists argue that prostitution has a very negative effect, both on the prostitutes themselves and on society as a whole, as it reinforces stereotypical views about women, who are seen as sex objects which can be used and abused by men. The Red Light district in Amsterdam
Pro-prostitution feminists hold that prostitution and other forms of sex work can be valid choices for women and men who choose to engage in it. In this view, prostitution must be differentiated from forced prostitution, and feminists should support sex worker activism against abuses by both the sex industry and the legal system. The disagreement between these two feminist stances has proven particularly contentious, and may be comparable to the feminist sex wars (acrimonious debates on sex issues) of the late twentieth century. Contents
1 Framing the debate
2 Arguments against prostitution
2.1 Coercion and poverty
2.2 Long-term effects on the prostitutes
2.3 Male dominance over women
2.4 A consequence and correlate of violence against women
2.5 The raced and classed nature of prostitution
2.6 Outlawing of buying sexual services
3 Pro-sex worker perspectives
3.1 Proponents and support groups
3.2 Economic empowerment
3.3 Marriage analogy
3.4 Legalization or decriminalization
3.5 Transgender, non-binary, and male sex workers
4 Other perspectives
4.1 Views of Prostitution in Developing Regions
4.1.1 Asia
4.1.1.1 Thailand
4.1.2 Africa
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
Framing the debate
Newman and White in Women Power and Public Policy (2012) argue that feminist perspectives on prostitution agree on three main points: " First, they condemn the current legal policy enforcing criminal sanctions against women who offer sex in exchange for money. Second, they agree that authentic consent is the sine qua non of legitimate sex, whether in commercial or non-commercial form. Third, all feminists recognize that commercial sex workers are subject to economic coercion and are often victims of violence, and that little is done to address these problems." They go on to identify three main feminist views on the issue of prostitution.