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: 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. The sex work perspective, the abolitionist perspective and the outlaw perspective. The sex work perspective maintains that prostitution is a legitimate form of work for women faced with the option of other bad jobs, therefore women ought to have the right to work in the sex trade free of prosecution or the fear of it. The sex work perspective also argues that governments should eliminate laws that criminalize voluntary prostitution. This, the sex work perspective asserts, will allow prostitution to be regulated by governments and business codes, protect sex trade workers, and improve the ability to prosecute people who hurt them. The Abolitionist perspective holds that governments should work towards the elimination of prostitution.