4,305
Views
32
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Gender Equity and Prostitution: An Investigation of Attitudes in Norway and Sweden

&
Pages 31-58 | Published online: 20 Jan 2011

References

  • Akerlof , George . 1980 . “A Theory of Social Custom, of Which Unemployment May Be One Consequence.” . Quarterly Journal of Economics , 94 ( 4 ) : 749 – 75 .
  • Albert , Rocío , Gómez , Fernando and Franco , Yanna Gutierrez . “Regulating Prostitution: A Comparative Law and Economics Approach.” . FEDEA Working Papers 2007–30 .
  • Arunachalam , Raj and Shah , Manisha . 2008 . “Prostitution and Brides?” . American Economic Review , 98 ( 2 ) : 516 – 22 .
  • Basow , A. Susan and Campanile , Florence . 1990 . “Attitudes toward Prostitution as a Function of Attitudes toward Feminism in College Students: An Exploratory Study.” . Psychology of Women Quarterly , 14 ( 1 ) : 135 – 41 .
  • Cameron , Samuel and Collins , Alan . 2003 . “Estimates of a Model of Male Participation in the Market for Female Heterosexual Prostitution Services.” . European Journal of Law and Economics , 16 ( 3 ) : 271 – 88 .
  • Cameron , Samuel , Collins , Alan and Thew , Neill . 1999 . “Prostitution Services: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis.” . Applied Economics , 31 ( 12 ) : 1523 – 9 .
  • Carbonara , Emanuela , Parisi , Francesco and von Wangenheim , Georg . 2008 . “Lawmakers as Norm Entrepreneurs.” . Review of Law and Economics , 4 ( 3 ) : 779 – 99 .
  • Cotton , Ann , Farley , Melissa and Baron , Robert . 2002 . “Attitudes toward Prostitution and Acceptance of Rape Myths.” . Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 32 ( 9 ) : 1790 – 6 .
  • Cserne , Péter . “The Normativity of Law in Law and Economics.” . German Working Papers in Law and Economics 2004–35 .
  • Della , Marina Giusta , Di Tommaso , Maria Laura and Steinar , Strøm . 2008 . Sex Markets: A Denied Industry , Abingdon , UK : Routledge .
  • Della , Marina Giusta , Di Tommaso , Maria Laura and Steinar , Strøm . 2009 . “Who is Watching? The Market for Prostitution Services.” . Journal of Population Economics , 22 ( 2 ) : 501 – 16 .
  • Edlund , Lena and Korn , Evelyn . 2002 . “A Theory of Prostitution.” . Journal of Political Economy , 110 ( 1 ) : 181 – 214 .
  • Ellingsæter , Lise Anne . 1998 . “Dual Breadwinner Societies: Provider Models in the Scandinavian Welfare States.” . Acta Sociologica , 41 ( 1 ) : 59 – 73 .
  • Farley , Melissa and Kelly , Vanessa . 2000 . “Prostitution: A Critical Review of the Medical and Social Sciences Literature.” . Women & Criminal Justice , 11 ( 4 ) : 29 – 63 .
  • Gertler , Paul , Shah , Manisha and Bertozzi , Stefano M. 2005 . “Risky Business: The Market for Unprotected Commercial Sex.” . Journal of Political Economy , 113 ( 3 ) : 518 – 50 .
  • Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 2008 . “Nordiska prostitutionsmarknader i förändring: En inledning”[Nordic prostitution markets in transition: An introduction] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 9 – 38 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]
  • Jahnsen , Synnøve . 2008 . “‘Norge er ikke en øy’: Mediedekningen av kriminaliserings-debatten i Norge”[‘Norway is not an island’: Media coverage of the criminalization debate in Norway] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 255 – 76 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]
  • Jakobsson , Niklas and Kotsadam , Andreas . 2010 . “Do Attitudes Toward Gender Equality Really Differ between Norway and Sweden?” . Journal of European Social Policy , 20 ( 2 ) : 142 – 59 .
  • Kulick , Don . 2003 . “Sex in the New Europe: The Criminalization of Clients and Swedish Fear of Penetration.” . Anthropological Theory , 3 ( 2 ) : 199 – 218 .
  • Kuosmanen , Jari . 2008 . “Tio År med Lagen. Om Förhållningssätt till och Erfarenheter av Prostitution i Sverige”[Ten years of the act: On approaches to and experience of prostitution in Sweden] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 357 – 81 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]
  • Langvasbråten , Trude . 2008 . “A Scandinavian Model? Gender Equality Discourses on Multiculturalism.” . Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society , 15 ( 1 ) : 32 – 52 .
  • Marttila , Anne-Maria . 2008 . “(O)jämställdhet genom prostitutionskontroll? Diskussion kring kriminalisering av sexköp i Finland”[(In)equality by control of prostitution? Discussion of criminalization of buying sex in Finland] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 151 – 78 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]
  • McAdams , H. Richard and Eric , Rasmusen B. 2007 . “Norms and the Law,” . In Handbook of Law and Economics , Edited by: Polinsky , A. Mitchell and Shavell , Steven . vol. 2 , 1573 – 618 . Amsterdam : North Holland .
  • Moffatt , G. Peter and Peters , Simon A. 2004 . “Pricing Personal Services: An Empirical Study of Earnings in the UK Prostitution Industry.” . Scottish Journal of Political Economy , 51 ( 5 ) : 675 – 90 .
  • Norwegian Ministry of Justice . 2008 . “Forbud mot kjøp av sex i Norge og i utlandet”[Prohibition against the purchase of sex in Norway and abroad.] ” . Press release No. 41. http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/pressesenter/pressemeldinger/2008/forbud-mot-kjop-av-sex-i-norge-og-i-utla.html?id=508300 (accessed November 2008)
  • Östergren , Petra . 2006 . Porr, horor och feminister , Stockholm : Natur & Kultur . [Porn, hookers, and feminists]
  • Outshoorn , Joyce . 2004 . “Introduction: Prostitution, Women's Movements and Democratic Politics,” . In The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce , Edited by: Outshoorn , Joyce . 1 – 20 . Cambridge , UK : Cambridge University Press .
  • Peters , Guy B. 2005 . Institutional Theory in Political Science: The “New Institutionalism.” , London : Continuum .
  • ProCon.org . 2009 . “100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies.” . http://prostitution.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000772#iceland (accessed April 2010)
  • Rao , Vijayendra , Gupta , Indrani , Lokshin , Michael and Jana , Smarajit . 2003 . “Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex: The Compensating Differential for Condom Use Among Calcutta Sex Prostitutes.” . Journal of Development Economics , 71 ( 2 ) : 585 – 603 .
  • Shrage , Laurie . 2007 . “Feminist Perspectives on Sex Markets.” . In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-sex-markets/ (accessed April 2010)
  • Siring , Annelie . 2008 . “Sexhandel, sexköplagstiftning och myndighetsförståelse: Ett svenskt exempel”[The sex trade, sex work legislation and governmental understanding: A Swedish example] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 326 – 56 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]
  • Sjöberg , Ola . 2004 . “The Role of Family Policy Institutions in Explaining Gender-Role Attitudes: A Comparative Multilevel Analysis of Thirteen Industrialized Countries.” . Journal of European Social Policy , 14 ( 2 ) : 107 – 23 .
  • Skilbrei , May-Len . 2008 . “Rettslig håndtering av prostitusjon og menneskehandel i Norge”[The legal handling of prostitution and human trafficking in Norway] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 235 – 53 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]
  • Statistics Norway . 2008 . “ Befolkningsstruktur [Population structure] ” . http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selecttable/MenuSelS.asp&SubjectCode=02 (accessed November 2008)
  • Statistics Sweden . 2008a . “ Sveriges befolkning efter kön och ålder 31/12/2007 [Demographics by sex and age] ” . http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publicationer/BE0101_2007A001_BR_04_BE0108TAB.pdf (accessed December 2010)
  • Statistics Sweden . 2008b . “ Befolkningens utbildning [Educational Demographics] ” . http://www.scb. se/statistik/UF/UF0506/2009A01/tab9.xls (accessed December 2010)
  • Svallfors , Stefan . 2007 . The Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations , Studies in Social Inequality. Stanford , CA : Stanford University Press .
  • Svanström , Yvonne . 2004 . “Criminalising the John – A Swedish Gender Model?” . In The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic States and the Globalisation of Sex Commerce , Edited by: Outshoorn , Joyce . 225 – 44 . Cambridge , UK : Cambridge University Press .
  • Swedish Government . 1998 . “ Proposition 1997/98:55 ” . In Kvinnofrid [Women's safety]. http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c4/22/66/5406e038.pdf (accessed April 2010)
  • Teigen , Mari and Wängnerud , Lena . 2009 . “Tracing Gender Equality Cultures: Elite Perceptions of Gender Equality in Norway and Sweden.” . Politics & Gender , 5 ( 1 ) : 21 – 44 .
  • Tveit , Marianne and Skilbrei , May-Len . 2008 . “Kunnskap om prostitusjon og menneskehandel i Norge”[Knowledge of prostitution and human trafficking in Norway] ” . In Prostitution i Norden: Forskningsrapport , Edited by: Holmström , Charlotta and Skilbrei , May-Len . 213 – 34 . Köpenhamn : Nordiska ministerrådet . [Prostitution in the Nordic region: Research report]

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.