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- Title
Sex Work's Governance: Stuff and Nuisance.
- Authors
Campbell, Angela
- Abstract
Sex work's governance throughout the Commonwealth has historically been animated by the objective of rendering the sale of sex, and those who engage in such transactions, invisible. To achieve this end, lawmakers have characterized public, viewable sex work as a nuisance meriting criminalization. Although prohibition results in unequivocal perils for sex workers, governance strategies in this domain remain centred on criminalization. A new law in Canada, Bill C-36: the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, exemplifies this point. While Bill C-36 purports to shift criminal law's focus from sex workers to their clients and profiteers, it continues to expose sex workers who work in public view to criminal prosecution. It thereby preserves sex work's characterization as a nuisance, offensive to a community's senses and deserving of proscription. Although Bill C-36 proclaims to promote dignity and equality rights, it prioritizes the interests of communities over those of sex workers. In the result, this new law will revoke sex workers' social and political citizenship and thwart their personal security.
- Publication
Feminist Legal Studies, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0966-3622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10691-015-9279-3