Judging Women’s Sexual Agency: Contemporary Sex Wars in the Legal Terrain of Prostitution and Polygamy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Julie Gouweloos; Jessica Braimoh; Melanie Heath
- Source
- Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 42:199-225
- Subject
- Gender Studies
030506 rehabilitation
03 medical and health sciences
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
050903 gender studies
05 social sciences
Agency (sociology)
Gender studies
Human sexuality
Sociology
0509 other social sciences
0305 other medical science
- Language
- ISSN
- 1545-6943
0097-9740
The legal arena has been a major site for battles over questions of sexuality. Feminists have often looked to the law to decide contests over women’s sexual agency, pitting feminists agains...