The Industrial VaginaThe Industrial Vagina

2008-11-19 Sheila Jeffreys

The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being ...

Author: Sheila Jeffreys

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781134126743

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The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments. Sheila Jeffreys demonstrates how prostitution has been globalized through an examination of: the growth of pornography and its new global reach the boom in adult shops, strip clubs and escort agencies military prostitution and sexual violence in war marriage and the mail order bride industry the rise in sex tourism and trafficking in women. She argues that through these practices women’s subordination has been outsourced and that states that legalise this industry are acting as pimps, enabling male buyers in countries in which women’s equality threatens male dominance, to buy access to the bodies of women from poor countries who are paid for their sexual subservience. This major and provocative contribution is essential reading for all with an interest in feminist, gender and critical globalisation issues as well as students and scholars of international political economy.

Hypersexual CityHypersexual City

2017-03-31 Nicole Kalms

Sheila Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade (New York: Routledge, 2009), 86, citing Dave Montgomery (2005). Also www.statisticbrain.com/strip-club-statistics/. Accessed 12 December 2014.

Author: Nicole Kalms

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317028260

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Much of feminist architectural scholarship focuses on the enormous task of instating women’s experience of space into spatial praxis. Hypersexual City: The Provocation of Soft-Core Urbanism suggests this attention to women’s invisibility in sociocultural space has overlooked the complex ways in which women already occupy space, albeit mostly as an image or object to be consumed, even purchased. It examines the occupation of urban space through the mediated representation of women’s hypersexualized bodies. A complex transaction proliferates in the commercial urban space of cities; this book seeks to address the cause and consequence of the increasing dominance of gendered representation. It uses architectural case studies and analysis to make visible the sexual politics of architecture and urbanism and, in doing so, reveal the ways that heterosexist culture shapes the spaces, behaviour and relationships formed in neoliberal cities. Hypersexual City announces how examining urbanism that operates through, and is framed by, sexual culture can demonstrate that architecture does not merely find itself adrift in the hypersexualized landscape of contemporary cities, but is actively producing and contributing to the sexual regulation of urban life.

The Vagina A Literary and Cultural HistoryThe Vagina A Literary and Cultural History

2013-08-01 Emma L. E. Rees

Ice-T 11 iconography 48, 86 iconology, vaginal 125, 294n. ... 36 Jeffreys, Sheila 222, 223 The Industrial Vagina 221 Jerusalem 153, 156 Jesus see Christ jewellery see jewels jewels (jewellery) 6,29,57–9, 61, 62, 105, 191, ...

Author: Emma L. E. Rees

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN: 9781623560669

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From South Park to Kathy Acker, and from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women's sexual organs are demonized. Rees traces the fascinating evolution of this demonization, considering how calling the 'c-word' obscene both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally. Rees demonstrates how writers, artists, and filmmakers contend with the dilemma of the vagina's puzzlingly 'covert visibility'. In our postmodern, porn-obsessed culture, vaginas appear to be everywhere, literally or symbolically but, crucially, they are as silenced as they are objectified. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History examines the paradox of female genitalia through five fields of artistic expression: literature, film, TV, visual, and performance art. There is a peculiar paradox – unlike any other – regarding female genitalia. Rees focuses on this paradox of what is termed the 'covert visibility' of the vagina and on its monstrous manifestations. That is, what happens when the female body refuses to be pathologized, eroticized, or rendered subordinate to the will or intention of another? Common, and often offensive, slang terms for the vagina can be seen as an attempt to divert attention away from the reality of women's lived sexual experiences such that we don't 'look' at the vagina itself – slang offers a convenient distraction to something so taboo. The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History is an important contribution to the ongoing debate in understanding the feminine identity

Comfort Women and Post Occupation Corporate JapanComfort Women and Post Occupation Corporate Japan

2018-10-15 Caroline Norma

See Sheila Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina: the Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade (London: New York: Routledge, 2009), 173; Mary Sullivan, Making Sex Work: A Failed Experiment with Legalised Prostitution (North Melbourne: ...

Author: Caroline Norma

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781351185257

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This book provides an overview of the Japanese sex industry in the years of Japan’s postwar economic boom. It argues that the origins of gender inequality in contemporary Japan resulted from the policies put in place during this period, when there was instituted a “sexual contract” which provided male salarymen whose work was arduous, underpaid and subject to military-like organisation with easy access to women’s bodies, through workplace getaway trips to hot springs resorts, hostess bars, and prostitution tourism to South Korea, as sexual inducement to acquiesce to their own exploitation. Japan’s economic growth, the book thereby contends, came at the price not just of environmental and labour degradation, but also gender inequality.

God Desire and a Theology of Human SexualityGod Desire and a Theology of Human Sexuality

2013-01-01 David H. Jensen

Sheila Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade (New York: Routledge, 2009), 162. Statistics from Cathy Zimmerman, The Health Risks and Consequences of Trafiicking in Women and Adolescents: Findings ...

Author: David H. Jensen

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

ISBN: 9780664233686

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This work of constructive theology examines human sexuality in light of Christian faith and doctrine. Jensen moves beyond the hot-button social debates about sexual orientation and sexual practices to look for healing. The seven chapters consider Scripture and sex; the connections between the triune, covenantal God and human sexuality; Christ's incarnation and resurrection as affirming the beauty of flesh; eschatology and sexual identity; the ramifications of the Lord's Supper for human sexuality; vocation and Christian callings to marriage, celibacy, and singleness; and sexual ethics.

The Anti Slavery ProjectThe Anti Slavery Project

2011-05-26 Joel Quirk

See Sheila Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade (London: Routledge: 2009), 15–37; Catherine A. MacKinnon, Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues (Cambridge, Mass.

Author: Joel Quirk

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

ISBN: 0812205642

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It is commonly assumed that slavery came to an end in the nineteenth century. While slavery in the Americas officially ended in 1888, millions of slaves remained in bondage across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East well into the first half of the twentieth century. Wherever laws against slavery were introduced, governments found ways of continuing similar forms of coercion and exploitation, such as forced, bonded, and indentured labor. Every country in the world has now abolished slavery, yet millions of people continue to find themselves subject to contemporary forms of slavery, such as human trafficking, wartime enslavement, and the worst forms of child labor. The Anti-Slavery Project: From the Slave Trade to Human Trafficking offers an innovative study in the attempt to understand and eradicate these ongoing human rights abuses. In The Anti-Slavery Project, historian and human rights expert Joel Quirk examines the evolution of political opposition to slavery from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the abolitionist movement in the British Empire, Quirk analyzes the philosophical, economic, and cultural shifts that eventually resulted in the legal abolition of slavery. By viewing the legal abolition of slavery as a cautious first step—rather than the end of the story—he demonstrates that modern anti-slavery activism can be best understood as the latest phase in an evolving response to the historical shortcomings of earlier forms of political activism. By exposing the historical and cultural roots of contemporary slavery, The Anti-Slavery Project presents an original diagnosis of the underlying causes driving one of the most pressing human rights problems in the world today. It offers valuable insights for historians, political scientists, policy makers, and activists seeking to combat slavery in all its forms.

The Vietnam War in the Pacific WorldThe Vietnam War in the Pacific World

2022-10-05 Brian Cuddy

Yen, Governing Sex, Building the Nation, 132; Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina, 116–117; Keun- joo Christine Pae, “Spiritual Activism as Interfaith Dialogue: When Military Prostitution Matters,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 36 ...

Author: Brian Cuddy

Publisher: UNC Press Books

ISBN: 9781469671154

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Fifty years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords signaled the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, the war's mark on the Pacific world remains. The essays gathered here offer an essential, postcolonial interpretation of a struggle rooted not only in Indochinese history but also in the wider Asia Pacific region. Extending the Vietnam War's historiography away from a singular focus on American policies and experiences and toward fundamental regional dynamics, the book reveals a truly global struggle that made the Pacific world what it is today. Contributors include: David L. Anderson, Mattias Fibiger, Zach Fredman, Marc Jason Gilbert, Alice S. Kim, Mark Atwood Lawrence, Jason Lim, Jana K. Lipman, Greg Lockhart, S. R. Joey Long, Christopher Lovins, Mia Martin Hobbs, Boi Huyen Ngo, Wen-Qing Ngoei, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen, Noriko Shiratori, Lisa Tran, A. Gabrielle Westcott

The Oxford Handbook of Sex Offences and Sex OffendersThe Oxford Handbook of Sex Offences and Sex Offenders

2016-11-03 Teela Sanders

That 'industrial vagina,' in reality, positions women and girls twice in relation to sex crime. The first is that they are directly exploited through the pornography, trafficking, and sex work industries, although even this is ...

Author: Teela Sanders

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780190213640

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There has been a significant increase in the focus on sex offending in recent years in both the academic and public spheres. From heightened media attention on sex crimes to new waves of legislation aimed at crime prevention, issues related to sexual assault, harassment, and sexual violence have become a top priority in the Western countries. The Oxford Handbook on Sex Offenses and Sex Offenders provides comprehensive, even-handed analysis of the myriad of topics related to sex offenses, including pornography, sex trafficking, criminal justice responses, and the role of social media in sex crimes. Extending beyond the existing scholarly research on the topic, this volume teases out the key debates, controversies, and challenges involved in addressing sex crimes. While most discourse regarding sex offenders either involves prevention and control or, conversely, potential treatment options, this Handbook delves into the psychological, historical, and social contexts related to sex offenses, providing a more holistic view of the topic. The definitive volume on sex crimes and sex offenders, The Oxford Handbook on Sex Offenses and Sex Offenders makes an invaluable contribution to criminological literature.

Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human TraffickingHandbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking

2022-05-20 Essien, Essien D.

The Industrial Vagina : The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade ( 1st ed . ) . Routledge . https : // www . taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203698303/industrial-vagina-sheila-jeffreys doi : 10.4324 / 9780203698303 ...

Author: Essien, Essien D.

Publisher: IGI Global

ISBN: 9781799892830

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Human trafficking is currently regarded as a contemporary form of slavery. However, despite many initiatives undertaken over the last two decades to tackle the problem, there seems to be a disproportionate emphasis on the social phenomenon. Trafficking in persons remains a little-explored area in scholarship with many inconsistencies and ambiguities yet to be attended to. Human trafficking is a multifaceted issue that requires a multidisciplinary approach that must be studied and considered thoroughly and with heavy regard to the many layers of the issue. The Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking presents a comprehensible view of what constitutes the underpinning of human trafficking, the means of combating it, its moral implications, and offers possible solutions toward curbing its excesses, inconsistencies, and ambiguities. Covering a range of topics such as social change, human rights, and ethics, this major reference work is ideal for researchers, scholars, practitioners, government officials, policymakers, instructors, academicians, and students.

What is Sexual Capital What is Sexual Capital

2022-03-02 Dana Kaplan

The Industrial Revolution and British Society, Cambridge 1993, 100–23. 11. Rubin, “Thinking Sex,” 281–2. 12. Sheila Jeffreys, The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade, London 2009. 13.

Author: Dana Kaplan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781509552337

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This book does to sex what other sociologists did to culture: it shows that sex, no longer defined by religion, now plays a role in the economy and can yield tangible benefits in the realms of money, status, and occupation. How do people accumulate sexual capital, and what are the returns for investing money, time, knowledge, and energy in establishing and enhancing our sexual selves? Dana Kaplan and Eva Illouz disentangle the current cultural politics of heterosexual life, arguing that sex – that messy amalgam of sexual affects and experiences – has increasingly assumed an economic character. Some may opt for plastic surgery to beautify their face or body, while others may consume popular sex advice or attend seduction classes. Beyond particular practices such as these, the authors trace an emerging form of “neoliberal” sexual capital, which is the ability to glean self-appreciation from sexual encounters and to use this self-value to foster employability, as exemplified by Silicon Valley sex parties. This highly original book will appeal to students and scholars in sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and cultural studies and to anyone interested in the nature of sex and how it is changing today.