Work, sex, and sex-work: Competing feminist discourses on the international sex trade

An article in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol 42, No 1. The focus is on analysing the competing discourses of radical feminism and sex radicalism. It concludes that, "Radical feminist discourse denies pleasure and agency to the sex worker, particularly to the Third World sex worker. Sex radical discourse has its own pitfalls. But, in its embrace of sexual and theoretical pluralism, sex radicalism holds considerable promise for contributing to the creation of space for the “sexual subaltern subject in pleasure,” and thereby opening the possibility of exploring the full texture and complexity of the lives of sex workers across the globe."