Illicit and Illegal: Sex, Regulation and Social Control

ISBN-13: 9781843920816 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 220 str.

Joanna Phoenix; Sarah Oerton

Opis

This book is about the surprisingly neglected area of the regulation of sex. It describes and discusses the ways in which various sexual activities are controlled, regulated and made illegal and/or deviant and illicit. Its primary focus is upon the multiple and complex social controls (laws, statutory regulations, professional/occupational codes, normative frameworks) constructing, constituting and shaping how we 'do' sex, and deals with sex that is both illicit (deviant, illegal) and illegal (criminal, offending). The book draws upon sociological understandings of sex and is informed by wider theories of deviance and social control. Its main aims are to investigate the different sites of regulation for sexual activities across diverse contexts, and to deconstruct the political, historical, economic and ideological conditions that make particular constellations of the regulation of sex possible.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Moral Authoritarianism and Official and Quasi-Official Discourses of Sex Part I: Deconstructing Official Discourse of Sexual Violence  2. Destructive Sex: Sexual Autonomy, Victimhood and the Problem of Men  3. Threatening Sex: Protection, Communities and Childhood  4. Commercial Sex: Consent, Coercion and Exploitation  Part 2: Deconstructing Quasi-Official Discourse of Sexual Infractions  5. Nuisance Sex: Harassment, Collusion and Decency  6. Professional Sex: Ethics, Trust and Moral Guardianship  7. Transgressive and Digital Sex: Margins, Edges and Limitless Victims  8. Conclusion: Victims, Perpetrators and the New Sexual Enterprise