WS 277 - Sex Work: Ethical And Historical Perspective

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Goucher College

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Sex is one of the most controversial areas of feminist inquiry.While so much of the U.S. women's movement has fought to eliminate the (legal and illegal) trafficking in women's bodies,equally much feminist work goes towards improving the lives and social/legal status of sex workers. This course studies the history of sex work to examine how race, class, and gender provide a basis for ethical debates on prostitution and pornography. Questions of who decides what is moral and not, what is healthy, sick and what is considered obscene in modern society and how theses questions have been answered through the years. Prerequisites: Any one of the following: PHL 115, 276, 237 and any one of the followingWomen's Studies courses:WS 100, 120, 225, 230, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Grebowitz. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.GOUCHER.EDU

Phone Number:

(410) 337-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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