Sweden’s Updated Prostitution Policy
Populist Radical Right Influences and the Shift Away from Gender Equality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21189193 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camilla Reuterswärd (0000-0002-4926-7561, Uppsala University, corresponding author), Josefina Erikson (0000-0002-6050-1574, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics & Gender (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1743923x26100919 |
| OpenAlex | W7167472190 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
On May 20, 2025, the Swedish parliament passed a new law that criminalizes the purchase of sexual acts taking place “at a distance,” that is, via digital platforms and without physical contact. It prohibits the act of promoting or financially exploiting an individual to perform a sexual act remotely for compensation and specifically bans clients from impacting the content of online sexual acts (Government Bill 2025; SVT Nyheter 2025). By targeting platforms such as OnlyFans , it aims to capture the sex industry’s digitalization and thereby decrease the vulnerability of specific groups and prevent new entries into prostitution
Compensation (psychology) · Gender equality · Human sexuality · Parliament · Vulnerability (computing) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Sex work and related issues
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The equality conundrum
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Partisan effects in morality policy making
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |