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DOI: Jane Scoular. Phil Hubbard. Roger Matthews. Contemporary prostitution policy within the European Union has coalesced around the view that female prostitution is rarely voluntary, and often a consequence of sex trafficking. Responding, different nation-states have, however, adopted antithetical legal positions based on prohibition Sweden , abolition UK or legalisation Netherlands. Despite the apparently sharp differences between these positions, in this article we argue that there is now a shared preoccupation with repressing spaces of street prostitution.
Noting the forms of exploitation that nonetheless adhere to many spaces of off-street work, we conclude that the state and law may intervene in sex work markets with the intention of tackling gendered injustice, but are perpetuating geographies of exception and abandonment. Content uploaded by Jane Scoular. Author content All content in this area was uploaded by Jane Scoular. Content may be subject to copyright.
