Canadian Prostitution Control Between 1914 and 1970

An Exercise in Chauvinist Reasoning

Bibliographic Data

ID12121925
AuthorsEric Larsen (Brock University, corresponding author), E Nick Larsen (0000-0002-8237-0253)
Year1992
Volume7
Issue2
Pages137-156
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0829-3201 • E-ISSN: 1911-0227
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0829320100002362
OpenAlexW2334465831
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This paper conducts a feminist analysis of Canadian prostitution control during the period between 1914 and 1970. The major intent of this analysis is to outline the manner in which the prostitution-related vagrancy provisions were enforced from the beginning of the First World War through to their repeal in the early 1970s. The effects of two world wars, the eugenics movement of the 1920s, the Great Depression and the liberalized sexual mores of the 1960s on prostitution control are assessed. Throughout this analysis, it is noted that Canadian prostitution control was characterized by an underlying chauvinist bias which overrode all other factors. Furthermore, it is also noted that feminists generally declined to become involved in the prostitution debate, and that many women's groups and organizations sided with the male-dominated military and criminal justice systems

Criminology · Depression (economics · Economics · Eugenics · Gun control · Mores · Political science · Politics · Repeal · Sociology · Vagrancy · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law

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