The Sex Sector
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSPreface Acknowledgements The economic and social bases of prostitution in Southeast Asia Lin Lean Lim Introduction The organizational structures and heterogeneity of the sex sector The size and significance of the sex sector The economic bases of prostitution The social bases of prostitution Policy issues and concerns Social mores and the influence of religion Human rights Working conditions Demographic dimensions Health aspects Criminal aspects Legislation Social programmes Organization of the study Prostitution in Indonesia Gavin W. Jones, Endang Sulistyaningsih and Terence H. Hull Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector The commoditization of women in Indonesian history Economic and social change: The setting for the sex sector Social change and the development of the sex industry Economic development and prostitution The sex sector The organizational structure of the sex sector How the sex industry functions The role of pimps and other agents Regional specialization Regional case studies Surabaya: Commercial arrangements Bandung: Sex establishments in a city environment Indramayu: A source area for sex workers Batam: Sex in a growth zone The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy Earnings in the sex sector Legislation covering the sex sector Official prostitution complexes Social programmes affecting the sex sector Health programmes Social rehabilitation programmes Preventive programmes Prostitution in Malaysia Shyamala Nagaraj and Siti Roni Yahya Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector A disparate sex ratio: The setting for the sex sector in the past The early economics of the sex sector Early regulation of the sex sector The decline of the open sex sector Economic development: The setting for the sex sector The organizational structure of the sex sector The types of establishments in the sex sector The types of commercial sex workers The foreign connections A survey of commercial sex workers Demographic characteristics Employment characteristics Conditions of employment Incomes and expenditures Health and medical attention The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy The number of sex workers Earnings in the sex sector Legislation covering the sex sector The law and the prostitute The law and sex establishments Islamic law and prostitution Development and social programmes affecting the sex sector The five-year development plans Rehabilitation programmes Health programmes Education, awareness-raising and advocacy programmes Prostitution in the Philippines Rene E. Ofreneo and Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector Spanish times The American presence Sex tourism and the export of women The interplay of economic, political and social factors The organizational structures and relations within the sex sector The bar economy in the Manila tourist belt The Olangapo "rest and recreation" structure The sauna bath economy Life in the cabaret Rural prostitution A survey of commercial sex workers Demographic characteristics and background Employment characteristics Conditions of employment Incomes and expenditures Health and medical attention Sexuality The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy Legislation covering the sex sector Prostitution and the Penal Code Labour law and prostitutes Behind the raids in Manila and Quezon City Legalization and regulation attempts Social programmes affecting the sex sector Health programmes "Rehabilitation" and renewal programmes Education, awareness-raising and advocacy programmes Prostitution in Thailand Wathinee Boonchalaksi and Philip Guest Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector The recent development of prostitution Gender roles and prostitution Patterns of economic growth and the sex sector Tourism and prostitution The organizational structure of the sex sector A survey of commercial sex workers Demographic characteristics Work experience, entry into the sex industry and job mobility Working conditions Incomes and expenditures The role of industry gatekeepers Health and medical attention The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy Legislation covering the sex sector Social programmes affecting the sex sector Health programmes "Rehabilitation" and "protection and vocational development" programmes Education, awareness-raising and advocacy programmes Child prostitution Lin Lean Lim The definition and magnitude of child prostitution How child prostitution differs from adult prostitution The organizational structures for child prostitution The trafficking and sale of children into prostitution Child prostitutes in brothels Child sex tourism Street children and prostitution Legal aspects of child prostitution International Conventions National laws Enforcement of legislation on child prostitution Policies and programmes aimed at eliminating child prostitution Efforts at the international level Efforts at the national level Whither the sex sector? Some policy considerations Lin Lean Lim Socio-economic development and the growth of the sex sector The future of the sex sector Adopting a policy stance on the sex sector Legal approaches to the sex sector and the enforcement of legislation Social programmes targeting the sex sector Bibliography |