Essays about: "The Sex Purchase Law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words The Sex Purchase Law.

  1. 1. Heteronormativity of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Oscar Swartz; [2022]
    Keywords : prostitution; male sex work; MSM; sex regulation; sex legislation; Swedish model; Nordic model; feminist foreign policy; radical feminism; sexköp; sexarbete; sexköpslagen; manlig prostitution; heteronormativitet;

    Abstract : The Swedish Sex Purchase Act was unique, when introduced in 1999. While it was legal to demand and collect payment for sexual services it became a crime to respond to such demands or offer payment. It is now part of Sweden’s foreign policy to ‘export’ this law, using gender equality arguments. Several countries have since followed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sex Workers Are the Experts of Their Own Experiences

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Maria Giulia Taccari; [2022]
    Keywords : Sexköpslagen; Sex Workers; Sex Work; Prostitution; Sweden; Sex Purchase Act; Swedish Model; Neo-Abolitionism; Human Rights; Sex Workers Rights; Participatory Action Research; Thematic Analysis.; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, a participatory approach was used to privilege the opinions of sex workers regarding the effects of the Swedish prostitution policy. Since 1999, Sweden has criminalized only the purchase of sex, thus, this research studied the impact on sex workers, who are seen as victims by the law. READ MORE

  4. 3. Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Daniela Basto da Silva; [2020]
    Keywords : Sweden Sex Purchase Act; prostitution; sex workers; postcolonialism; intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. READ MORE

  5. 4. “IF WE HAVE THE SEX PURCHASE LAW, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO HELP” - How some of Sweden’s social services work with youths having sex for compensation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Klara Wefer; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to look into how some social workers in Sweden view their work with youths having sex for compensation with regards to the feminist ideas that the law on buying sex expresses. Swedish studies have shown that most of the youths having sex for compensation started when they were 13-14 years old. READ MORE

  6. 5. Protection of Women in the Sex Industry- A Comparative Study of Sweden's and Canada's Prostitution Legislations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Emma Fröberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Prostitution; Sweden; Canada; The Sex Purchase Law; Bill C-36; Protection;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to come to an understanding of the reasoning behind the enactments of Sweden's Sex Purchase law and Canada's Bill C-36. Furthermore, to discuss how the two legislations regarding prostitution have changed the protection for women in the sex industry. READ MORE