被禁止的性行為與性暴力

賣淫: 女性賣淫: 小結 3

因為女性賣淫會涉及到兩個敏感的問題：女性的性別角色和性行為，它會激起社會強烈而充滿矛盾的態度。這種矛盾的部分原因毫無疑問由於社會不良的道德所導致。許多人覺得對待女人的傳統方式根本就是不公平的，而且這種不公平會腐蝕我們控制人類性活動的整個管理系統。只要女性接受所指派的性別角色，父權制社會系統就能夠倖存，繼而，正如最終所顯現的那樣，不僅忠貞的家庭主婦，而且妓女也來協助支持男性統治的社會法則。只要性活動服務於生殖的目的和男人愉悅的目的，那麼，它也仍舊不會對社會構成威脅。然而，出於同樣的原因，將來仍舊存在不斷增長的雙重危險：女人可能想要決定自己的社會角色和要求自己的性愉悅。繼而，對於每一個人來說，這也許非常有可能會重新定義性活動的含義，並且極有可能從現有的父權制束縛中解放出來，即從同時懼怕和嚮往性活動的這種情景中解放出來。

Prohibited Sexual Behavior and Sexual Violence

Prostitution: Female Prostitution: Summary 3

Female prostitution evokes powerful, but ambivalent social attitudes because it involves two touchy subjects – the role of women and sexual activity. Part of this ambivalence is undoubtedly caused by a bad conscience. Many people sense that the traditional way of treating women is fundamentally unfair and that this unfairness taints our entire system of controlling human sexual behavior. A patriarchal system can survive as long as women accept their assigned roles, and, as it turns out, not only the faithful house wife, but also the prostitute helps to support the principle of male domination. Sexual activity also remains unthreatening as long as it serves the purposes of reproduction and of male pleasure. By the same token, however, there remains double threat that may grow in the future: Women may want to determine their own social roles and demand their own pleasure. This, in turn, may very well redefine the meaning of sexual activity for everyone and liberate it from its present patriarchal constraints - a prospect that is feared and desired at the same time.