Prostitution - Revision history

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 There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)
-Feminist analysis has frequently pinpointed traditional (heterosexual patriarchal) marriage as a type of prostitution, or analogous to prostitution. The points of similarity include: (1) marriage in many cultures has primarily or significantly involved male access to female sexuality; (2) women are less free to do other occupations and therefore marriage to a man is their primary means of support, and in fact marriage has been frequently defined as an economic compact; (3) women are frequently "sold" in marriage by their fathers or male relatives (analogous to pimps).  Points of dissimilarity include: (1) marriage is not limited to sexuality but also includes access to and control over women's reproduction, labor, and physical well-being. This is a class-based analysis; here, ''marriage'' is a type of prostitution that particularly applies to middle-class and upper-class women, who by social convention may have been more restricted from paid work "outside the home". Access by those women to financial resources compared to working class women may have been more limited in some instances (e.g., entailed estates), and less limited in others (e.g., personal inheritances; ability to engage in unpaid work; male family members who supported women's education).
+===Prostitution and marriage===
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	There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)		There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)

	Feminist analysis has frequently pinpointed traditional (heterosexual patriarchal) marriage as a type of prostitution, or analogous to prostitution. The points of similarity include: (1) marriage in many cultures has primarily or significantly involved male access to female sexuality; (2) women are less free to do other occupations and therefore marriage to a man is their primary means of support, and in fact marriage has been frequently defined as an economic compact; (3) women are frequently "sold" in marriage by their fathers or male relatives (analogous to pimps). Points of dissimilarity include: (1) marriage is not limited to sexuality but also includes access to and control over women's reproduction, labor, and physical well-being.		Feminist analysis has frequently pinpointed traditional (heterosexual patriarchal) marriage as a type of prostitution, or analogous to prostitution. The points of similarity include: (1) marriage in many cultures has primarily or significantly involved male access to female sexuality; (2) women are less free to do other occupations and therefore marriage to a man is their primary means of support, and in fact marriage has been frequently defined as an economic compact; (3) women are frequently "sold" in marriage by their fathers or male relatives (analogous to pimps). Points of dissimilarity include: (1) marriage is not limited to sexuality but also includes access to and control over women's reproduction, labor, and physical well-being. This is a class-based analysis; here, ''marriage'' is a type of prostitution that particularly applies to middle-class and upper-class women, who by social convention may have been more restricted from paid work "outside the home". Access by those women to financial resources compared to working class women may have been more limited in some instances (e.g., entailed estates), and less limited in others (e.g., personal inheritances; ability to engage in unpaid work; male family members who supported women's education).

Lquilter: marriage as prostitution

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marriage as prostitution

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	The distribution of the relative roles of recipients and providers of sexual services usually falls across [[hierarchy\|hierarchical]] lines in society. Those at the top of a hierarchy have the means of remunerating people in inferior positions; whereas those at the bottom of a hierarchy may be constrained into offering sexual services because they are prevented from relating to the dominant persons in other ways, or engaging in other types of labour.		The distribution of the relative roles of recipients and providers of sexual services usually falls across [[hierarchy\|hierarchical]] lines in society. Those at the top of a hierarchy have the means of remunerating people in inferior positions; whereas those at the bottom of a hierarchy may be constrained into offering sexual services because they are prevented from relating to the dominant persons in other ways, or engaging in other types of labour.

	~~Prostitutes~~ therefore tend to be found in the lower economic [[class]]es, among members of an oppressed [[gender]] ([[women]]), and of legal minorities (such as [[children]] and [[slave]]s). Conversely, the patrons tend to be economically solvent, politically enfranchised, [[adult]] [[men]].		Explicitly-defined prostitutes therefore tend to be found in the lower economic [[class]]es, among members of an oppressed [[gender]] ([[women]]), and of legal minorities (such as [[children]] and [[slave]]s). Conversely, the patrons tend to be economically solvent, politically enfranchised, [[adult]] [[men]].

	There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)		There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)

			Feminist analysis has frequently pinpointed traditional (heterosexual patriarchal) marriage as a type of prostitution, or analogous to prostitution. The points of similarity include: (1) marriage in many cultures has primarily or significantly involved male access to female sexuality; (2) women are less free to do other occupations and therefore marriage to a man is their primary means of support, and in fact marriage has been frequently defined as an economic compact; (3) women are frequently "sold" in marriage by their fathers or male relatives (analogous to pimps). Points of dissimilarity include: (1) marriage is not limited to sexuality but also includes access to and control over women's reproduction, labor, and physical well-being.


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	See also:		==See also==
	* [[Pornography]]		* [[Pornography]]
	* [[Prostitution in SF]]		* [[Prostitution in SF]]
			* [[List of non-female sex workers in SF]]
	* [[List of female sex workers in SF]]		* [[List of female sex workers in SF]]
	* The [[Frank Miller test]]		* The [[Frank Miller test]]

Lquilter: link

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link

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	'''Prostitution''' is the exchange of sexual services for remuneration.		'''Prostitution''' is the exchange of sexual services for remuneration; a type of [[sex work]].

	Prostitution is a activity that manifests across an extremely broad range of forms, relations of productions, contexts and cultural significations.		Prostitution is a activity that manifests across an extremely broad range of forms, relations of productions, contexts and cultural significations.

Ide Cyan: link

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link

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	* [[Pornography]]		* [[Pornography]]
	* [[Prostitution in SF]]		* [[Prostitution in SF]]
			* [[List of female sex workers in SF]]
			* The [[Frank Miller test]]
	* [[Rape]]		* [[Rape]]
	* The [[Frank Miller test]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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	Prostitution is a activity that manifests across an extremely broad range of forms, relations of productions, contexts and cultural significations.		Prostitution is a activity that manifests across an extremely broad range of forms, relations of productions, contexts and cultural significations.

	It is intimately linked to power dynamics, however, because, as a type of industry, it belongs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_industry tertiary sector]: that of services provided by humans to other humans. It is therefore contingent on the ability of the recipient of those services to pay for them, or to coerce the providers into performing these services ([[exploitation]]). (The difference in the nature of the compensation for the service and of the service itself distinguishes prostitution from a reciprocal sexual exchange.)		It is intimately linked to power dynamics, however, because, as a type of [[industry]], it belongs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_industry tertiary sector]: that of services provided by humans to other humans. It is therefore contingent on the ability of the recipient of those services to pay for them, or to coerce the providers into performing these services ([[exploitation]]). (The difference in the nature of the compensation for the service and of the service itself distinguishes prostitution from a reciprocal sexual exchange.)

	The distribution of the relative roles of recipients and providers of sexual services usually falls across hierarchical lines in society. Those at the top of a ~~social~~ hierarchy have the means of remunerating people in ~~hierarchically~~ inferior positions; whereas those at the bottom of a hierarchy may be constrained into offering sexual services because they are prevented from relating to the dominant persons in other ways, or engaging in other types of labour.		The distribution of the relative roles of recipients and providers of sexual services usually falls across [[hierarchy\|hierarchical]] lines in society. Those at the top of a hierarchy have the means of remunerating people in inferior positions; whereas those at the bottom of a hierarchy may be constrained into offering sexual services because they are prevented from relating to the dominant persons in other ways, or engaging in other types of labour.

	Prostitutes therefore tend to be found in the lower economic [[class]]es, among members of an oppressed [[gender]] ([[women]]), and of legal minorities (such as [[children]] and [[~~slaves~~]]). Conversely, the patrons tend to be economically solvent, politically enfranchised, adult men.		Prostitutes therefore tend to be found in the lower economic [[class]]es, among members of an oppressed [[gender]] ([[women]]), and of legal minorities (such as [[children]] and [[slave]]s). Conversely, the patrons tend to be economically solvent, politically enfranchised, [[adult]] [[men]].

	There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)		There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)

Ide Cyan: here's a first draft for this entry

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here's a first draft for this entry

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'''Prostitution''' is the exchange of sexual services for remuneration.

Prostitution is a activity that manifests across an extremely broad range of forms, relations of productions, contexts and cultural significations.

It is intimately linked to power dynamics, however, because, as a type of industry, it belongs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_industry tertiary sector]: that of services provided by humans to other humans. It is therefore contingent on the ability of the recipient of those services to pay for them, or to coerce the providers into performing these services ([[exploitation]]). (The difference in the nature of the compensation for the service and of the service itself distinguishes prostitution from a reciprocal sexual exchange.)

The distribution of the relative roles of recipients and providers of sexual services usually falls across hierarchical lines in society. Those at the top of a social hierarchy have the means of remunerating people in hierarchically inferior positions; whereas those at the bottom of a hierarchy may be constrained into offering sexual services because they are prevented from relating to the dominant persons in other ways, or engaging in other types of labour.

Prostitutes therefore tend to be found in the lower economic [[class]]es, among members of an oppressed [[gender]] ([[women]]), and of legal minorities (such as [[children]] and [[slaves]]). Conversely, the patrons tend to be economically solvent, politically enfranchised, adult men.

There is an intermediary position between prostitutes and their patrons, which is that of the purveyors of sexual services. (The terms for surch purveyors tend to be [[marked]] according to gender: men are ''pimps'', women are ''madams''.)

See also:
* [[Pornography]]
* [[Prostitution in SF]]
* [[Rape]]
* The [[Frank Miller test]]

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution Wikipedia entry]

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[[Category:Gender and sex themes]]
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