Being on top
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15540848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penelope Saunders (Building Engineering and Science Talent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2478-2483 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2021.2021266 |
| PMID | 35348033 |
| OpenAlex | W4221094617 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Academics are fascinated by sex workers and until recently the subjects of this research gaze have been kept in a subordinate position. This contribution considers the different kinds of knowledge production that pertain to the field of sex work research and analyses the politics and tensions involved in these layers of knowledge production. The contribution does not intend to show that some forms of research are 'better' than others in regard to sex workers' rights, though some forms undoubtably are more effective. Rather it draws on frameworks that sex workers have developed to critique injustice, specifically whorephobia, to reveal the unwavering structure of oppression written into academia and research. The contribution upends existing ways of seeing these concerns by placing whores in a position to save researchers from academic disciplining by explicating struggles over resources (funding, employment, social capital and authority) so that our collective contributions to the production of knowledge are sincere and revolutionary. The author concludes that sex workers' desire for change is not unruliness to be contained, controlled, dismissed and/or destroyed; it is an advantage in the creation of knowledge and the path to radical, needed transformations in the extractive logics that pervade academia
Capital (architecture · Environmental ethics · Field (mathematics · Injustice · Knowledge production · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Public relations · Sociology · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |