Comments on: A Migrant World of Services (or Aren’t Sexual Services Also Services?) http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/a-migrant-world-of-services-or-arent-sexual-services-services-too from Laura Agustín Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sex Traffic at the ICA : x:talk http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/a-migrant-world-of-services-or-arent-sexual-services-services-too#comment-563 Sex Traffic at the ICA : x:talk Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:47:32 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=1321#comment-563 [...] Laura María Agustín, author of Sex at the Margins and a former educator working with expatriate sex workers; Georgina [...] [...] Laura María Agustín, author of Sex at the Margins and a former educator working with expatriate sex workers; Georgina [...]

]]> By: A Migrant World of Services : x:talk http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/a-migrant-world-of-services-or-arent-sexual-services-services-too#comment-536 A Migrant World of Services : x:talk Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/?p=1321#comment-536 [...] There is a strong demand for women’s domestic, caring and sexual labour in Europe which promotes migrations from many parts of the world. This paper examines the history of concepts that marginalise these as unproductive services (and not really ‘work’) and questions why the west accepts the semi-feudal conditions and lack of regulations pertaining to this sector. The moral panic on ‘trafficking’ and the limited feminist debate on ‘prostitution’ contribute to a climate that ignores the social problems of the majority of women migrants. Read the article here [...] [...] There is a strong demand for women’s domestic, caring and sexual labour in Europe which promotes migrations from many parts of the world. This paper examines the history of concepts that marginalise these as unproductive services (and not really ‘work’) and questions why the west accepts the semi-feudal conditions and lack of regulations pertaining to this sector. The moral panic on ‘trafficking’ and the limited feminist debate on ‘prostitution’ contribute to a climate that ignores the social problems of the majority of women migrants. Read the article here [...]

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