The Prostitution in Classical Marxism: Critique of Capitalism and Bourgeois Double Standard of Sexual Morality

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The article aims to examine how the traditions of classical Marxism and anarchist feminism of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century understood the issue of prostitution, connecting it with specific views on gender relations, on sexual autonomy and on ways to overcome the oppression of women workers. Recognizing the diversity of perspectives and relative limits, the critique of the institution of prostitution will be developed based on the need to overcome the capitalist system of production, the dismantling of bourgeois institutions like family and marriage, the construction of egalitarian social relations, based on solidarity and as a form of female emancipation.

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Clarisse Goulart Paradis, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutora em Ciência Política pela UFMG, Professora Adjunta da Universidade de Integração Internacional de Lusofonia Afro-brasileira (UNILAB/Campus dos Malês) e pesquisadora do grupo de pesquisa “Pós-colonialidade, feminismos e epistemologias anti-hegemônicas” (FEMPOS/UNILAB Malês). A autora tem contribuído com estudos e debates sobre a trajetória do feminismo na América Latina e sua relação com o Estado e, mais recentemente, sobre a teoria política e teoria feminista. Na pesquisa de doutoramento, desenvolveu investigação sobre a questão da prostituição nas diferentes tradições do pensamento político.

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Published

2018-11-28

How to Cite

Paradis, C. G. (2018). The Prostitution in Classical Marxism: Critique of Capitalism and Bourgeois Double Standard of Sexual Morality. Revista Estudos Feministas, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2018)

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