Among Swedish feminists and the left, sex work is completely unacceptable and prostitution is pretty much equated with rape. Is this not true for other countries?
The center left/centrist (Democrats) position is more split. Some folks think it's a bodily autonomy issue and others think it's degrading.
Feminist opinion is likewise split. But most feminists I know tend to fall in the, "if it's consensual, it should be protected and regulated work. You shouldn't fear going to jail because you had sex."
So, it's a mix of opinions out here.
I believe this is a good thing, but prostitution is clearly not ,,just work'' just because it's trendy to call it sex work.
The US does not, because they wouldn't work. The average angry political American thinks that bigotry against men is at least as prevalent as bigotry against women, and thinks that institutions have conspired with each other to advance women ahead of men.
Even American feminists think that there's no element of a woman's condition in the world that can't be equally applied to anyone who identifies as a woman. Very American, if the conditions of women are a state of mind that can be corrected or experienced based on how you identify, it's basically a "law of attraction." Women can think themselves out of (or into, if they have penises) the female condition. I'm pretty sure Kanye said something about the reason for slavery being that black people identified as slaves. It's that same sort of inversion of control and blaming the victim.
Radical feminists have a more coherent perspective. It's not one that I can agree with in many aspects, but it's one that's always worth discussing.
Wait, what? I follow that 'average angry political American' is all about 'equal means equal' regardless of gender, but the next statements aren't clear: the endorsement of trans sexual identity in American feminism is, in principle, related to Kanye's statement that black people identified as slaves because both cases are basically "mind over matter" takes? Am I understanding that correctly? And these are both forms of victim blaming?
Here are some quotes (Google Translated) from the biggest feminist organisation (Feministiskt Initiativ):
"Prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes is a form of violence and a violation of human rights."
"Sexualization and objectification work against the principle of the human being as an independent subject and can limit women's ability to protect their bodily integrity."
"Equality cannot be achieved as long as it is possible to buy other people's bodies through prostitution, strip or sex clubs."
"Working against pornography and objectifying representations is thus an important part of violence prevention work."
It’s legal in Germany and the Netherlands.
Seems like there are some different views.