Abstract
• Sex work elicits strong and polarising views about who engages in sex work and why, as well as its moral, social and legal status.
• Varied ideololgical approaches impact on the models for regulating sex work, ranging from criminalisation at one extreme to decriminalisation at the other, with gradations of legalisation/licensing in between.
• There has been a gendered and heterosexist approach to the regulation of sex work; male sex work has been conceptualised and regulated differently to female sex work.
• New technologies are having a profound impact on the practice of sex work but regulation of the Internet is impacting upon the opportunities offered by such technologies.
© The Editors and Contributors Severally 2024
• Varied ideololgical approaches impact on the models for regulating sex work, ranging from criminalisation at one extreme to decriminalisation at the other, with gradations of legalisation/licensing in between.
• There has been a gendered and heterosexist approach to the regulation of sex work; male sex work has been conceptualised and regulated differently to female sex work.
• New technologies are having a profound impact on the practice of sex work but regulation of the Internet is impacting upon the opportunities offered by such technologies.
© The Editors and Contributors Severally 2024
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Gender, Sexuality and Law |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Textbook |
| Editors | Chris Ashford, Alexander Maine |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 131-155 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781800882669 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781800882676, 9781800882652 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |