The politics of injustice
Sex-working women, feminism and criminalizing sex purchase in Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12900364 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn Mcgarry (National University of Ireland, Maynooth, corresponding author), Sharron Fitzgerald (0000-0002-9140-2931, Tilburg University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 62-79 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1748895817743285 |
| OpenAlex | W2772044590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article interrogates the discursive framing of recent law and policy debates on criminalizing sex purchase in Ireland and the implications this has for sex workers’ political voice. Drawing on Nancy Fraser’s work on the political dimensions of justice, we look at how Irish neo-abolitionists, through their Turn Off the Red Light (TORL) campaign, map and delimit access to political space and consequently misframe, misrecognize and misrepresent the ‘problem’ of sex work and sex-working women. We employ the methodological framework suggested by Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to Be (WPR) approach to explore how TORL campaigners exercise and manage frame-setting in law and policy contexts to deny all ‘other’ voices parity of participation in political space. We argue these misframing strategies reflect meta-political injustices of misrepresentation
Criminology · Feminism · Framing (construction · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Injustice · Irish · Misrepresentation · Political science · Politics · Sex work · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |