Sex as Work

Decriminalisation and The Management of Brothels in New Zealand
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-19259-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies

This book examines the ways that brothels are managed under decriminalisation in New Zealand. New Zealand decriminalised sex work in 2003 with the passage of the Prostitution Reform Act, making it the first country to do so. Decriminalisation situates brothels as ‘businesses like any other’ and creates a legislative platform for better working conditions for sex workers. Nevertheless, we have limited understanding of how brothels are managed in New Zealand. Drawing on interviews with brothel operators and sex workers, this book explores how the law is understood and implemented, how brothel operators position their businesses, and how they seek legitimacy in a historically stigmatised sector. It also examines the rules and norms by which operators manage their businesses and the possibilities for sex workers to consent to commercial sexual services in the context of neoliberal norms of work and of managers who expect them to be professionalised, responsibilised and productive.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weinhold, Claire

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Sex as work: decriminalisation and the management of brothels in New Zealand.- Chapter 2: Decriminalisation and its discontents: the governance of sex work.- Chapter 3: The Oldest Profession: sex as work.- Chapter 4: The Moral Economy of the Brothel.- Chapter 5: Our right to say yes, our right to say no.- Chapter 6: Decriminalisation and the sex worker ideal: compliance and corporation.

Über Autor(innen)

Claire Weinhold is a researcher and organisational development expert whose work focuses on improving outcomes for marginalised and under-served populations. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Population Health at the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand.