被禁止的性行为与性暴力

卖淫: 女性卖淫: 小结 3

因为女性卖淫会涉及到两个敏感的问题：女性的性别角色和性行为，它会激起社会强烈而充满矛盾的态度。这种矛盾的部分原因毫无疑问由于社会不良的道德所导致。许多人觉得对待女人的传统方式根本就是不公平的，而且这种不公平会腐蚀我们控制人类性活动的整个管理系统。只要女性接受所指派的性别角色，父权制社会系统就能够幸存，继而，正如最终所显现的那样，不仅忠贞的家庭主妇，而且妓女也来协助支持男性统治的社会法则。只要性活动服务于生殖的目的和男人愉悦的目的，那么，它也仍旧不会对社会构成威胁。然而，出于同样的原因，将来仍旧存在着不断增长的双重危险：女人可能想要决定自己的社会角色和要求自己的性愉悦。继而，对于每一个人来说，这也许非常有可能会重新定义性活动的含义，并且极有可能从现有的父权制束缚中解放出来，即从同时惧怕和向往性活动的这种情景中解放出来。

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 a 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.