The (re)making of sexualities on the web

Bibliographic Data

ID3070515
AuthorsMojca Pajnik (0000-0001-5089-1559, PEACE INSTITUTE, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA), Matthieu Renault (0000-0003-4992-4821, University Paris 13 Nord, France)
Year2014
Volume53
Issue4
Pages462-482
Publication date2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Information (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0539018414531677
OpenAlexW2128982268
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

This article analyses the controversy on the topics of prostitution and human trafficking online by way of researching the structure and discourses of non-commercial websites. Previous research (Agustín, 2005; Doezema, 2000; Freedman, 2003; Kelly, 2005) has shown that general-public, media and theoretical discussions tend to dichotomize the two phenomena, reconfirming the dividing lines between them. Realities are much more complex, pointing to the inadequacy of the division and to the interchangeable relations between the phenomena that are manifested at the intersection of economic, social and political developments determined by gender, ethnicity and class inequality (Pajnik, 2008, 2010). We explore in this article whether online discourses and debates reinforce the divide or, alternatively, provide new approaches to treating prostitution and trafficking as interrelated phenomena, because they are, increasingly, becoming migration and labour (economic and social) issues in the wider sense

Ethnic group · Freedman · Human sexuality · Inequality · Intersectionality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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