'It’s nice here… Kind women and no penises, what else do you want?'

Wouters, Lara (2021) 'It’s nice here… Kind women and no penises, what else do you want?'. Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.

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Abstract

This thesis explores how normative discourses about the sex industry are present in the lived practices of people working for and with sex workers at a grassroots organisation, the Overweeghuis in Groningen. The normative discourses on sex work either aim to abolish the sex industry or destigmatise and normalise sex work. These discourses oppose each other in academic literature and political advocacy on the policies and treatment of sex workers in the Netherlands and internationally. Within this contentious normative environment, the Overweeghuis works with sex workers without taking an explicit stance within either discourse. However, in the lived practices of the Overweeghuis, both normative discourses are present in different practices. Although the practices are more negative towards the sex industry, this does not conflict with actors that adhere to more empowering beliefs about the sex industry. Through a phenomenological ethnographic analysis, this thesis demonstrates how the Overweeghuis inhabits a common ground between the two feminist discourses and what values from each discourse are represented in the lived practices at the Overweeghuis.

Type:	Thesis (Master)
Supervisors (RUG):	Supervisor E-mail Tutor organization Tutor email Muthert, J.K. Faculteit GGW, Vergelijkende Religiewetenschap J.K.Muthert@rug.nl Visser-Nieraeth, A. Faculteit GGW, Vergelijkende Religiewetenschap A.Visser-Nieraeth@rug.nl
Degree programme:	Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation
Academic year:	2021-2022
Date of delivery:	17 Feb 2023 08:47
Last modified:	17 Feb 2023 08:47
URI:	https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/726

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