The Sex Economy

Dr Monica O'Connor (University College Dublin)

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English

Agenda Publishing
30 November 2018

Ethical issues: prostitution & sex industry; Gender studies: women

Series: The Gendered Economy

"The discourse surrounding prostitution is increasingly one of sexual commerce, transaction and commercial exchange. The ""sex economy"" and the consumer demand for it is often discussed both as a legitimate economic business, in which women have control, and as employment comparable to other forms of low-paid work. So much so, that in some countries it is being seen as a service that should be regulated and given a labour-rights framework.

Drawing on extensive and detailed research, Monica O'Connor challenges the suggestion that the sale of women's bodies as commodities can ever be acceptable, and that the male consumer has an acceptable right to buy sexual acts from another person. She disproves the claim that ""sex work"" is a lucrative occupation for impoverished women and girls that can be considered for regulation as part of the normal economy. She lays bare the harm that ""normalising"" the sex trade does on women's lives, gender equality and on society as a whole, and exposes the realities that constrain and control women locked in prostitution, debunking the notions of choice and agency."

By: Dr Monica O'Connor (University College Dublin)
Imprint: Agenda Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781788210126
ISBN 10: 1788210123
Series: The Gendered Economy
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 30 November 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Foreword by Series EditorsIntroduction1. The valorization of individual choice and agency in women's entry into prostitution2. The commodification of the body: a disembodied ""service""3. Consumer demand4. Regulating sex markets5. The moral limits of markets"

Monica O'Connor is Senior Researcher on the Sexual Exploitation Research Project in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin. She is also a Research Fellow at WiSE Centre for Economic Justice, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Reviews for The Sex Economy

This is a clearly written and thorough examination of the evidence and arguments advanced by academics who justify and rationalise the free market view of sex work. O’Connor is scrupulously fair to these academics and allows for the full articulation of their arguments ... Her conclusion is clear: sex work is not just another business, which can be regulated and endorsed like any other part of the market economy. Legalised prostitution is an activity which promotes crime, is inherently harmful to the women involved and crucially reduces the status of women in society. -- Dublin Review of Books