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NEGOTIATING SEX WORK This page intentionally left blank Negotiating Sex Work . . . . Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism Carisa R. Showden and Samantha Majic, Editors University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Copyright 2014 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitt ed, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior writt en permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Th ird Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401- 2520 htt p:// www .upress .umn .edu Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Negotiating sex work : unintended consequences of policy and activism Carisa R. Showden and Samantha Majic, editors. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0- 8166- 8958- 3 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN 978- 0- 8166- 8959- 0 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Prostitution— Government policy. 2. Prostitutes— Political activity. 3. Prostitutes— Labor unions. I. Showden, Carisa Renae. II. Majic, Samantha. HQ118.N44 2014 306.74— dc23 2013028376 Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper Th e University of Minnesota is an equal- opportunity educator and employer. 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations ix Introduction: Th e Politics of Sex Work xiii Carisa R. Showden and Samantha Majic Part I. Sex Work and the Politics of Knowledge Production 1. Researching Sexuality: Th e Politics- of- Location Approach for Studying Sex Work 3 Michele Tracy Berger and Kathleen Guidroz 2. Beyond Prescientifi c Reasoning: Th e Sex Worker Environmental Assessment Team Study 31 Alexandra Lutnick 3. Participant- Driven Action Research (PDAR) with Sex Workers in Vancouver 53 Raven Bowen and Tamara O’Doherty Part II. Producing the Sex Worker: Law, Politics, and Unintended Consequences 4. Demanding Victims: Th e Sympathetic Shift in British Prostitution Policy 77 Annie Hill 5. Criminalized and Licensed: Local Politics, the Regulation of Sex Work, and the Construction of “Ugly Bodies” 99 Cheryl Auger 6. Bad Girls and Vulnerable Women: An Anthropological Analysis of Narratives Regarding Prostitution and Human Traffi cking in Brazil 121 Th addeus Gregory Blanchett e and Ana Paula da Silva 7. Raids, Rescues, and Resistance: Women’s Rights and Th ailand’s Response to Human Traffi cking 145 Edith Kinney 8. Th e Contested Citizenship of Sex Workers: Th e Case of the Netherlands 171 Joyce Outshoorn 9. Comrades, Push the Red Butt on! Prohibiting the Purchase of Sexual Services in Sweden but Not in Finland 195 Gregg Bucken- Knapp, Johan Karlsson Schaff er, and Pia Levin Part III. Negotiating Status: The Promises and Limits of Sex Worker Organizing 10. Collective Interest Organization among Sex Workers 221 Gregor Gall 11. Sex Work Politics and the Internet: Carving Out Political Space in the Blogosphere 243 Valerie Feldman 12. Gender Relations and HIV/AIDS Education in the Peruvian Amazon: Female Sex Worker Activists Creating Community 267 Yasmin Lalani 13. Sex Workers’ Rights Organizations and Government Funding in Canada 287 Sarah Beer and Francine Tremblay Contributors 311 Index 315 Acknowledgments T his book would not have been possible without the support and hard work of so many people. First and foremost, we must thank the authors in this volume. In addition to conducting thoughtful and path- breaking research, these women and men responded with patience and good humor to our seemingly never-e nding comments and queries. We were fortunate to work with Pieter Martin at the University of Minnesota Press, whose careful editorial guidance was essential for revis- ing this manuscript and bringing it into production. We thank Kristian Tvedten, our editorial assistant at the Press, for keeping us organized and moving the book along in a timely manner. Indexing is a fi ne art, and Denise Carlson is a gift ed artist. We thank her for her careful and creative work producing an index for us in a short time frame. Over the course of developing and producing this volume, a number of institutions and individuals provided essential support. Th e annual meet- ing of the Western Political Science Association off ered a forum to gather and discuss the initial material in this volume, and the Offi ce of Under- graduate Research and the Offi ce for the Advancement of Research at John Jay College/CUNY and a Professional Staff Congress- CUNY Research Grant (65157- 00 43) provided funds for travel and editorial assistance. Th e two anonymous Press reviewers gave us thoughtful and engaged feedback that improved the individual chapters and the overall framework of the book. We are especially grateful to Kelley Burke for completing the vol- ume’s bibliography. We cannot thank enough our partners, Erin Carlston and John Rasmus- sen, for their patience and support— and dinners cooked— along the way. Finally, we express our greatest admiration, respect, and gratitude to all the sex workers who fi ght for justice every day. · vii · This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations ABC acceptable behavior contract ACT-U P AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children AIDS acquired immunodefi ciency syndrome AIRC Australian Industrial Relations Commission ASBO antisocial behavior order BCCEW British Columbia Coalition of Experiential Women BEAVER Bett er End All Vicious Erotic Repression BNG Bound, Not Gagged CAB community advisory board CACTUS Community Action Center for Injection Drug Users CAL-PEP California Prostitutes Education Project CATW Coalition against Traffi cking in Women CBO community- based organization CEDIM State Council for Women’s Rights CES Centre for AIDS Research CGEL Canadian Guild for Erotic Labour CLC Canadian Labour Congress COYOTE Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics CPSS criminalizing the purchase of sexual services CRA Canada Revenue Agency CSQ Comité SIDA Québec (Québec AIDS Committ ee) CUPE Canadian Union of Public Employees ECP English Collective of Prostitutes EDA Exotic Dancers’ Alliance EMPOWER Education Means Protection of Women Engaged in Recreation ESPU Erotic Service Providers’ Union FFW Foundation for Women GAATW Global Alliance against Traffi cking of Women GFATM Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria · ix ·
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