dc.contributor.author | Seshu, Meena Saraswathi | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pai, Aarthi | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-04T15:41:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-04T15:41:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | January 2014 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Seshu, M., S. and Pai, A. (2014) Sex Work Undresses Patriarchy with Every Trick!. IDS Bulletin 45(1): 46-52 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-5436 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/7306 | |
dc.description.abstract | Some feminists argue that sex work reduces the female body to an object of sexual pleasure to be exploited in the marketplace by any male – an argument consistent with patriarchal notions of protection, reverence and control, the construction of women as a devi [goddess], the dasi [slave] or the veshya [sex worker]. This article addresses our work with collectivising rural women not in sex work (Vidrohi Mahila Manch [Platform for Rebellious Women] (VMM) Sangli) and rural women in sex work (Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad (VAMP)) from South Maharashtra and North Karnataka, India. It examines the apparent control adult women in sex work have over their own bodies and lives. Although it is true that unless acting collectively, they are less successful in confronting organised criminal gangs and the brutal side of law enforcers, most of them boldly confront sexual relations with individual male clients and men from their own community. | en |
dc.format.extent | 7 | en |
dc.publisher | © 2014 Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | IDS Bulletin Vol. 45 Nos. 1 | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdf | en |
dc.title | Sex Work Undresses Patriarchy with Every Trick! | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | © 2013 The Author. IDS Bulletin © 2013 Institute of Development Studies | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1759-5436.12067 | en |