Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, June, 2009. / Release of full electronic text on OhioLINK has been delayed until June 1, 2014. Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-424)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, June, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. Release of full electronic text on OhioLINK has been delayed until June 1, 2014. Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-424)

Synen på och lagstiftningen kring sexköp har länge skapat diskussioner om fenomenet, både i relation till säljarna och till köparna. Den svenska sexköpslagen har även skapat diskussion internationellt där den har blivit både hyllad och avvisad utifrån olika perspektiv och synsätt.  Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur prostitution konstrueras och tolkas utifrån olika perspektiv och hur det återspeglas i det praktiska arbetet gentemot brukarna. Detta genomförs med en jämförelse av två brukarorganisationer med olika perspektiv på prostitution, Rose Alliance och Prostituerades Revansch i Samhället (PRIS). Studien utförs med hjälp av diskursanalys utifrån socialkonstruktivismen och ett genusperspektiv som teoretisk ansats. Fenomenet tolkas nämligen olika och får olika betydelser beroende på hur det konstrueras av samhället och hur det tolkas av samhällets genusordning. Det unika med de båda organisationerna är att de utger sig för att representera de prostituerades ”röster” men har två olika synsätt på vad prostitution handlar om och hur arbetet kring prostitution bör genomföras i praktiken.

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The aim of this study was to examine how commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) was constructed as a social problem in the Philippines. More specifically its aim was to find out how seven respondents from four different organisations in the Philippines constructed CSEC as a social problem and how they looked upon different solutions of the issue. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews made in Manila the capital city of the Philippines and a city four hours from Manila called Olongapo. The earlier research as well as the result and analysis were sorted by using the themes: character, causes, solutions and actors which are parts of an analysis scheme constructed by Jönsson (2010). The empirical material was explained by using analysis based on three different kinds of perspective of approaching a social problem as well as earlier research. The result shows that CSEC is constructed as a social problem in the country and there can be different explanations of the issue. It is for example explained as a human rights issue in the Philippines and the problem also exists on a global level. CSEC is described to be normalised in the country because of the need of an income. The problem is also explained to be a cause of the existing traditional values and the lack of implementation of the laws that should protect the children. The conclusion of the study is that depending on how CSEC is constructed as a social problem, its risk factors and who are the perpetrators will affect which solutions that are seen as suitable.

Many Aboriginal women in Canada go missing each year and many of them are engaged in the sex trade industry. Thus far, little has been done to prevent this trend. This study is aimed at filling this gap by exploring and highlighting several challenges confronted by Saskatchewan (Saskatoon) Aboriginal women who are engaged in sex work. Existing literature indicate an overrepresentation of Aboriginal women involved in sex work, their experiences of abuse while working on the street, and their lack of adequate protection from law enforcement agents and members of the Canadian Criminal Justice System (CCJS). The overall theoretical framework of this thesis is intersectionality theory with focus on the compound oppression faced by Aboriginal prostitutes due to the intersection of gender, race, and socio-economic class. This study examines the reasons for Aboriginal women’s overrepresentation in street prostitution, their experiences while working on the streets, and how they are treated by the CCJS. The three main questions addressed in the study are: a) Why are Aboriginal women overrepresented in the sex trade industry in Saskatchewan?; b) Do Aboriginal women involved in prostitution confront violence from clients and other members of the society? If so, why?; and c) Do Aboriginal women sex workers receive protection and justice from law enforcement agents and members of the CCJS? If so how, and if not, why? First, these questions are explored through semi-structured, open-ended interviews with two Aboriginal women who have been involved in street prostitution in Saskatchewan. Second, content analysis of three court transcripts of cases where men were charged with violence towards Aboriginal women working in the sex trade in Saskatchewan is conducted. The results of this study indicate that Aboriginal women are highly overrepresented in the Saskatchewan sex trade for reasons that include: a) childhood sexual abuse and b) lack of options due to the multiple oppression of the intersection of gender, race, and class. And that Aboriginal sex workers encounter severe violence and abuse on the street including rape and death with limited protection and justice from the CCJS due to multiple forms of oppression as racialized women living in poverty. The study’s results provide an understanding of how the intersection of race, class and gender impact the experiences of Aboriginal women in the sex trade industry. The study’s findings also allow for the recommendation of strategies for dealing with these issues and preventing these trends from continuing in the future.

Zugl.: Bielefeld, Univ., Diss., 2007

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas at Arlington, 2009.

Thesis (M.T.S.)--Catholic Theological Union, 1980.

Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2005--Berlin.