Desistence from Sex Work: Feminist Cultural Criminology and Intersectionality — the Complexities of Moving In and Out of Sex Work

Maggie O’Neill; Rosie Campbell

doi:10.1057/9780230304093_9

Desistence from Sex Work: Feminist Cultural Criminology and Intersectionality — the Complexities of Moving In and Out of Sex Work

Maggie O’Neill, Rosie Campbell

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Abstract

This chapter questions the current focus on exiting sex work (Home Office, 2006) from a framework informed by intersectionality (Jackson, 2005), emphasising the importance of biographical and participatory action research (PAR) methodologies that foreground the voices and images of sex workers.¹ This framework involves a cultural-materialist analysis of the intersections and ambiguities between sex, work, complex identities and material processes — the conditions and contexts through which sexual services are bought and sold. We outline the need for a more complex trajectory of exit strategies for sex workers, informed by feminist work on intersectionality and the intertwining of social and cultural categories, ‘the interaction of multiple identities and experiences of exclusion and subordination’ (Knudsen 2006).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality
Editors	Yvette Taylor, Sally Hines, Mark E. Casey
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	8
Pages	163-189
Number of pages	27
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780230304093
ISBN (Print)	9780230229303, 9781349310708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304093_9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	2947-8782
ISSN (Electronic)	2947-8790

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O’Neill, M., & Campbell, R. (2010). Desistence from Sex Work: Feminist Cultural Criminology and Intersectionality — the Complexities of Moving In and Out of Sex Work. In Y. Taylor, S. Hines, & M. E. Casey (Eds.), Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality (1st ed., pp. 163-189). (Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304093_9

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O’Neill, M & Campbell, R 2010, Desistence from Sex Work: Feminist Cultural Criminology and Intersectionality — the Complexities of Moving In and Out of Sex Work. in Y Taylor, S Hines & ME Casey (eds), Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality. 1st edn, Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 163-189. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304093_9

Desistence from Sex Work: Feminist Cultural Criminology and Intersectionality — the Complexities of Moving In and Out of Sex Work. / O’Neill, Maggie; Campbell, Rosie.
Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality. ed. / Yvette Taylor; Sally Hines; Mark E. Casey. 1st. ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. p. 163-189 (Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences).

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