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assignment 10

Since the early days, sex was always tied with economics.  For over many centuries, the sexual labour of women have been assimilated into the norms of economic and politics.

For women who occupy positions outside the heteronormativity, it was more difficult for them to live a normal lifestyle.  They were harassed and incarcerated for trivial matters. We also see a double standard in males and females when it comes to the sexuality.  Women were looked down upon or often seen as bad sexual subjects whereas male promiscuity is widely tolerated, or celebrated because of the “natural sexual inclination” males have.   Women have been the one to blame for prostitution, being seen as having no morals or lacking social values.  In the case of sex tourism, spokespeople often say that tourism is not the blame, instead it is the women to blame for their poor values. This idea about prostitution is flawed in many ways because prostitution wouldn’t be a thing if there weren’t people who actually wanted to be apart of it and seek it.  Also, prostitution is far more than just a moral issue. The economy in such countries with less restrictions on prostitution may have less job opportunities for women, causing them to rely on work such as being sex workers.

This shows how sex ties into economics. Although there can be some romantics encounters with the prostitution, it still is related with profiting of sexual labour. Also many women are looked down upon for being prostitutes because of their lack or morals or greediness, however, we also need to look into the jobs that are offered to women.  In most developing countries, jobs are very rare for women, especially poor women.  This may lead them into seeking jobs such as sexual labour just to make ends meet or suffice for their family/kids.