Essays about: "Prostitution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 95 essays containing the word Prostitution.

  1. 1. Local Entertainers in Cebu, Philippines Entertainment and Sex Work: The Struggle for Empowerment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Judith Loyzaga Skoglund; [2023-12-18]
    Keywords : Philippines; entertainer; empowerment; pragmatism; stigmatization; sex worker; prostitution;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine why local women in Cebu, Philippines, chose to work as entertainers and sex workers. It will examine how their occupation affect their daily lives, in regard to their economy and their social relations with their families, colleagues and customers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is there any sugar in Sugar Dating?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

    Author : Amanda Sahibzada; [2023-08-29]
    Keywords : Sugar Dating; Capitalism; Patriarchy; Commodification of Intimacy; Sex for remuneration; Swedish Sex Purchase Act;

    Abstract : The sugar dating market is divided into the interpretations of either being a niched dating style or another term for prostitution, disguised to align with the Swedish Sex Purchase Act. Despite sugar dating platforms prohibiting prostitution and escort services, previous research shows that sex for remuneration is common within sugar dating concepts. READ MORE

  4. 3. You don’t have to put on that red light – A frame analysis of the European Parliament’s position on prostitution 2014–2021.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Sundin; [2023]
    Keywords : Agenda Setting; Europeanization; European Parliament; Frame Analysis; Norm Entrepreneurs; Prostitution; Sex Work; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Prostitution, a policy issue outside of European Union (EU) competence, has in recent years made its way onto the agenda of the European Parliament (EP). In 2014, the resolution on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality was published in which the EP stated that prostitution is incompatible with human rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. What can explain a Member of the European Parliament’s aye or nay to an EU abolitionist approach. Voting behavior in the European Parliament on the issue of prostitution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : European Parliament; Members of the European Parliament; Voting behavior; Prostitution; The abolitionist approach; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Members of the European Parliament cast votes on a great range of issues. The approach to prostitution on the European Union level is a sensitive and dividing issue, with two main approaches: the abolitionist approach and the sex work approach. Policies on this moral issue is expected to create untraditional lines of conflict. READ MORE

  6. 5. Dark Side of Desire: Examining the Spillover Effects of the Nordic Model of Prostitution

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Linnea Bergvall; Maja Werner; [2023]
    Keywords : Economics of Crime; Prostitution Regulation; Policy evaluation; Laissez-faire; Sexual Offences;

    Abstract : Prostitution and its regulation is a topic of frequent discussion and is continuously debated. This paper provides estimates on the spillover effects of the "Nordic Model" of prostitution legislation adopted in Norway in 2009, according to which only sex buyers are criminalised. READ MORE