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Decriminalization of Sex Work: The New Zealand Model - An Analysis of the Integrative Sex Industry Policy in New Zealand (Aotearoa) (Paperback)
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Decriminalization of Sex Work: The New Zealand Model - An Analysis of the Integrative Sex Industry Policy in New Zealand (Aotearoa) (Paperback)
Series: Willem Pompe Instituut
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In many countries worldwide, sex workers have no other choice than
to carry out their profession in illegal environments. Repressive
policies force them to work in difficult or dangerous underground
settings. They need to struggle against incomprehension, moral
disapproval, prejudices, and increasing public stigmatization.
Contrary to prevailing tendency in Europe and America to
criminalize clients of sex workers, New Zealand decriminalized the
entire commercial voluntary sex industry in 2003 by enacting the
Prostitution Reform Act (PRA) - as the only state in the world, so
far. The implementation of this integrative sex industry policy
marks a turning point in the lives and working conditions of New
Zealand sex workers. Sex work became recognized as legitimate
service work. Nowadays, the sex service sector in this country
operates under the same legal rights as any other service sector.
In Decriminalization of Sex Work: The New Zealand Model, Joep
Rottier contextualizes the historical-cultural and sociopolitical
backgrounds of this integrative sex industry policy. This
explorative and descriptive research provides insights in the
unique role of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective (NZPC) - as
a social movement organization - in the policy making process.
Whereas successful self-organization of sex workers is recognized
to be a challenge in most countries, NZPC in New Zealand offers an
inspiring look at what may become possible if such
self-organization does work out. By means of 119 interviews with
involved key actors in the New Zealand sex industry, this book
gives a unique view on de facto experiences with this policy from
different perspectives. The qualitative research shows that the New
Zealand Model practices what other policies mainly preach: the
voices of the people most involved - the sex workers - are heard
and taken seriously.
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