Fair Trade Sex
Reflections on God, Sex, and Economics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14949045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thia Cooper (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 194-207 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0966735010384332 |
| OpenAlex | W2021179344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
God, sex, and economics are all intertwined. The trafficking of people for sex intensifies each year. The sex trade crosses a spectrum from ‘high class’ escorts to sex slaves. The sex industry includes toys, pornography, and the exchange of sex between buyers, sellers, and managers. In this market exists sexual poverty caused by injustice, the imbalance of sexual power between individuals and within structures. Poverty pushes people into the market to sell, to be sold. Theologically there is a harmful, top-down, and irrelevant theology that often ignores our sexuality. Liberation theology’s hermeneutical circle, a circle of action and reflection in community, can address sexual poverty. Its steps include: 1. assessing our situation; 2. analyzing our situation with academic tools; 3. analyzing our faith; and 4. praxis; right action. It can help us to draw the line between sexual exploitation and the celebration of sex as a way to know God
Economic growth · Economics · Faith · Human sexuality · Injustice · Political science · Pornography · Poverty · Praxis · Sociology · Theology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |