Sex Work’s Governance: Stuff and Nuisance

Campbell, Angela

doi:10.1007/s10691-015-9279-3

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“…The treatment of home occupations (sex services) is very important, as they comprise at least 40 per cent of the sex industry in NSW and reflect that sex workers have options in terms of where they work and their working conditions (Crofts and Prior 2012). Academic comment on the desire to render sex work invisible is relevant in NSW (Campbell 2015). Valverde's (2012) insight that local or municipal law can be as blunt and homogenising as criminal law in its execution is apposite.…”

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How Sex Worker Activism Influenced the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in NSW, Australia.

Aroney

Crofts

2019

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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In 2015, Amnesty International joined over 200 sex worker organisations in the call for nations to decriminalise sex work. Despite this, only two jurisdictions in the world, New Zealand and New South Wales (NSW; Australia), have adopted this approach. This article examines the role that sex worker activists played in sex work law reform in NSW through their representative organisation, the Australian Prostitutes Collective (APC). The APC produced and submitted groundbreaking research to the Select Committee of the NSW Legislative Assembly on Prostitution (1983–1986) whose recommendations laid the foundation for the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW. This article contributes to a developing history of the contribution of sex worker activism to law reform. It explores why it is so important that sex worker voices are included in the process of reform, and how meaningful consultation with sex workers helped shape and invoke a radical policy and legal transformation.

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How Sex Worker Activism Influenced the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in NSW, Australia.

Aroney

Crofts

2019

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…Sex workers are put in a unique and somewhat contradictory social position of needing to be 'protected' but also 'punished', in some circumstances. From its very own title, Bill C-36 conveys two particular groups worthy of inclusion and protection in connection with the governance of sex work: the ''community'' and ''exploited persons'' (Campbell, 2015).…”

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“…Sugar dating is a trend which can be described as a relationship wherein a sugar daddy or, less frequently, a sugar mommy (wealthy man or woman) agrees to financially compensate 10 The act continues to criminalize any party involved with the sale of sex in public places where children might reasonably be expected to be present (Department of Justice -Canada, 2014). 11 For a full discussion of the Bedford case, see (Campbell, 2015) (either through cash and/or gifts) a sugar baby (young and in-need female, or less commonly, male) in return for a companionship of some degree (Nayar, 2016;Miller, 2011). According to the Oxford English Dictionary (2017), the term 'sugar' is slang, but is often used as a modifier to 'sweeten' something, and as a euphemism for money.…”

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Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies: An Exploration of Sugar Dating on Canadian Campuses

Daly¹

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This thesis contributes to a small body of research that examines the 'sugar baby phenomenon' in a Canadian context. To date, most of what is known about sugar babies' experiences is through anecdotal accounts filtered through the media. By drawing on the content of one popular sugar baby forum, as well as data gathered from two in-depth qualitative interviews with two active sugar babies, this thesis explores the lived experiences and perceptions of the participants. In particular, this study seeks to determine whether sugar babies articulate shared motivations; how they navigate sugar dating's blurring of traditional romance and sex work; and how they exercise power and agency within their relationships. Key findings are that sugar dating's blend of conventional dating and sex work creates a new conceptual space that both enhances the degree of power and agency exercised by sugar babies, and constrains it in ways both traditional and novel.iii Thank you to my brilliant committee -Prof. Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan, Prof. Lara Karaian and Prof. Neil Sargent for your time, efforts and feedback.To my interviewees -thank you for your invaluable insights, and sharing your personal experiences with me.

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“…Several countries across the globe have English law at the very foundation of their legal systems (Australia, Canada and New Zealand for example), thus it is hardly surprising that in line with the English law, 'prostitution' has been closely associated with a public nuisance discourse in so many countries, with a tradition of managing and containing 'visible' street-based sex work in particular ( Hancock 1991 ;Kantola and Squires 2004 ;Scoular 2010;Abel et al 2010;Campbell 2015 ). However, unlike parts of Australia and New Zealand which have adopted a progressive approach to sex work through either licencing (Australia) or the removal of sex work laws (New Zealand), England and Wales (like Canada) have remained steadfast in their position that visible sex work is offensive, injurious and a self evident public nuisance, thus commanding criminal law sanctions ( Wolfenden 1957 ).…”

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Policing the Sex Industry

Sanders¹,

Laing²

2017

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Sex Work’s Governance: Stuff and Nuisance

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

How Sex Worker Activism Influenced the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in NSW, Australia.

How Sex Worker Activism Influenced the Decriminalisation of Sex Work in NSW, Australia.

Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies: An Exploration of Sugar Dating on Canadian Campuses

Policing the Sex Industry

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