Sex Trafficking and the Making of a Feminist Subject of Analysis
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Published:July 2015
2015. "Sex Trafficking and the Making of a Feminist Subject of Analysis", Economies of Violence: Transnational Feminism, Postsocialism, and the Politics of Sex Trafficking, Jennifer Suchland
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Human trafficking was first viewed as a problem of forced prostitution in the early twentieth century. However, it did not garner a lot of attention until the late 1980s. At that time, feminists from around the world began to critique violence against women. This chapter traces the history of how sex trafficking became categorized as a problem of “violence against women.” It also highlights the political gains and losses resulting from the politicization of sex trafficking as primarily a problem of sexual violence, and thus a juridical offense.
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