Prostitution in Contemporary Brazil: just Another Job?

Authors

  • Marlene Teixeira Rodrigues UnB - Brasília - DF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-49802009000100009

Abstract

Public policy initiatives aimed at prostitution have undergone changes since the end of the 20th century. They are no longer the exclusive objective of police intervention and hygienic concerns, and have come to include the perspective of prostitutes themselves. In Brazil, it is possible to identify legislative initiatives in the field of healthcare that refer to labor and human rights in this field. The purpose of this article is to examine two of these initiatives: Proposed Law n. 98/2003, presented by federal deputy Fernando Gabeira to recognize prostitution as a “service of a sexual nature” and the labor legislation that sought to insert the activity of sex professionals within the Brazilian Classification of Occupations.

 

Author Biography

Marlene Teixeira Rodrigues, UnB - Brasília - DF

possui doutorado em Sociologia (2003) e mestrado em Política Social (1995) pela Universidade de Brasília; graduação em Serviço Social pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (1986). É professora adjunta da Universidade de Brasília, onde atua também como pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Mulher (NEPEM/UnB) e coordenadora do Grupo de Estudos em Gênero, Política Social e Serviços Sociais. Tem experiência na área de Serviço Social, com ênfase em Política Social, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: gênero, políticas públicas, política social, saúde, cidadania e direitos, prostituição.

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Published

2009-01-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2009): Dossiê: Sujeitos políticos, lutas sociais e direitos

Section

Studies

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