Sex work
Sex work is an activist term that has been used since the 1970s for paid jobs in the sex industry , especially as a prostitute , but also as a dominatrix , porn actor or peep show actor . It is important that the term sex work denotes “a consensual sexual or sexualised service between adult business partners in return for payment or other material goods” and excludes non-consensual sex or sex with minors from the definition.
Origin of the term
The term "sex worker" (original: "sex worker") was coined in 1978 by Carol Leigh in the activist sense. Leigh saw herself as a feminist through and through. The term should with prostitution and similar services in the area of sexuality negative associated connotations disappear and make these activities in a number of other service sectors. In the context of the United States, where the term was developed, the main concern was to decriminalize prostitution and prostitutes. Prostitution is not a crime, but a form of employment. While the term “sex work” is used in legal texts in the USA, the term has so far only been established as an activist, not a legal term in Germany.
Definition of regular prostitution as sex work (Switzerland)
The Swiss social worker Eva Büschi complains that the legal definition of prostitution does not sufficiently specify that it is about gainful employment.
In Switzerland, the term found its way into the legislature when politicians demand that sex work be carried out legally and under good conditions for all parties involved, and that exploitation situations are to be prevented as far as possible. When using the term sex work instead of prostitution, reference is made to Büschi's argumentation. In particular, the enforceability of claims arising from sexual work should be better regulated, which is not regulated clearly enough if the agreements are viewed as "immoral". Legal definitions of “prostitution” also include the “occasional offering” of sexual services, which can also be viewed as non-commercial practice and thus relativizes claims to remuneration.
Sex work in Germany
Prostitution was decriminalized in Germany in 1927, when "with the Venereal Diseases Act of 1927, the basic criminal liability of prostitution was replaced by a regulatory model". Since the introduction of the Prostitution Act in 2002, the practice of prostitution is no longer immoral. Telephone sex has been considered a commercial enterprise since 2000 ( Federal Fiscal Court , February 23, 2000 - XR 142/95).
In Germany, the entrepreneurs' association Erotik Gewerbe Deutschland represents the interests of entrepreneurs. In addition, the Federal Association for Sexual Services represents the interests of both sex workers and brothel operators, while the professional association for erotic and sexual services only allows and represents active and former sex workers as members.
Research on sex work
The term sex work has also been a popular term in social science research since the 2000s at the latest.
Several research networks on the subject of sex work and prostitution have existed since the 2010s at the latest. The Critical Sex Work Research network was founded in Germany in 2015 and has been organizing workshops for interested scientists every year since then. In England, the Sex Work Research Hub at York University brings together researchers on the topic. A collection of research articles from professional journals is featured on Sex Work Research .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b quote: “ Work in the sex industry, esp. prostitution ”from: Oxford English Dictionary , 1989 ( online )
- ↑ Carolin Küppers: Sex work . ( gender-glossar.de [accessed on September 8, 2018]).
- ^ The Etymology of the terms “Sex Work” and “Sex Worker”. ( online )
- ^ Carol Leigh : Inventing sex work . In: Jill Nagle (Ed.): Whores and other feminists . Routledge, New York 1997, ISBN 0-415-91821-9 , pp. 224-231 ( archive.org ).
- ↑ Prostitutes - a completely normal job? Welt Online , December 28, 2012
- ↑ State of New York, pp. 6419 A. 8230, 2019–2020 Regular Sessions, Senate Assembly, June 10, 2019, https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6419
- ^ Eva Büschi: Sex work and violence. Managers of studios, salons and contact bars on violence and violence prevention in the sex industry. Tectum. Marburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8288-2564-2 .
- ↑ Law on sex work is under consultation . ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. presseportal.ch, January 30, 2013
- ↑ Elke Gurlit: Commercial law as a regulatory regime for prostitution - applicability, regulatory instruments, regulatory competencies . In: Regulation of prostitution and prostitution places - a feasible way to improve the situation of prostitutes and to combat human trafficking in the long term ?: Possibilities and limits of trade law . Interfaces between commercial and police law . (PDF) Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth and the like a., May 2009, pp. 23-31.
- ↑ Prostitution - The "oldest trade in the world"? Federal Agency for Civic Education , accessed on September 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Carolin Küppers: Sex work . ( gender-glossar.de [accessed on September 8, 2018]).
- ↑ Critical sex work research. Retrieved September 8, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Sex Work Research Hub. Sociology, The University of York, accessed October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Sex Work Research. Retrieved October 4, 2018 (American English).
