Dancing on the Möbius Strip
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Morehead State University |
| ANO | 2002 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Gender and Society |
| ISSN | 0891-2432 |
| E-ISSN | 1552-3977 |
| EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089124302236987 |
| CITAÇÕES | 27 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
The feminist sex wars have been characterized by debates between radical feminists and sex radical feminists about women's experiences of empowerment versus oppression in the sex industry. Based on a qualitative study of the experiences of exotic dancers, this article introduces a new theoretical paradigm to the feminist sex wars that values the contributions of both sex radicals and radical feminists. It articulates a twofold temporal dimension of sex workers' experiences: (1) how women's feelings of pleasure and empowerment gradually decline over time and (2) how good and bad experiences rapidly transform into their opposites over the course of a single evening, making the strip bar a volatile and unsettling space for performers.