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May 02, 2024
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Goucher College 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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WS 277 - Sex Work: Ethical and Historical Perspective (3 Cr.) (PHL 277 )
Sex is one of the most controversial areas of feminist inquiry. While so much of the U.S. women’s movement has fought to eliminate the (legal and illegal) trafficking in women’s bodies, an equal amount of feminist work goes toward improving the lives and social/legal status of sex workers. This course studies the history of sex work to examine how race, class, and gender provide a basis for ethical debates on prostitution and pornography. Questions of who decides what is moral and not, what is healthy, or sick, what is considered obscene in modern society, and how these questions have been answered through the years. Prerequisites: Any one of the following: PHL 115 , PHL 276 , or PHL 237 and any one of the following women’s studies courses: WS 100 , WS 150 , WS 192 , WS 225 , or WS 230 or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Offered 2011-12 and alternate years. Grebowicz.
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