Feminist perspectives and legal approaches to sex-workers

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Feminist theorists are arguing whether sex markets in the form of pornography and sexual services really pose a threat on women on all contexts . Some feminist theorists believe that a sex worker give away his /her freedom and sexuality once been paid . Others argue that selling sex pose threat to sex worker 's morality . Sex commerce exists into many social practices which include pornography , prostitutions , escort services , cyber sex and phone sex . Among these practices , pornography and prostitutions

are considered the main focus of many feminist theorist and philosophers

Pornography

Pornography 's birth in Europe in the nineteenth century comes along with the development of mass media . Ideally , pornographic literature and works were considered a material for a political aim or agenda (Hunt 1996 . Today , most of the pornographic publications are use for sexual enjoyment and entertainment . Many moralists from churches and various independent organizations take their stand against these pornographic publications . They believed that pornography in any form can create harmful impact on society 's moral values and decency . In the US pornography has been regulated in different ways . Pornography will be against the law if it is proven offensive to a person or group and if it lacks its political , scientific or artistic value

Pornography is the focus of the feminist activism , for they believed that this reflects the traditional violence against women . Many feminist activists believed that pornographic films and publications create illusions of sexual assaults , torture and...