How age matters:Exploring contemporary Dutch debates on age and sex work

Social protection policies regarding sex work in The Netherlands use ‘age’ as an instrument to create binaries between adults and young people. The concept ‘chronological age’ assumes that age is a static feature and supports the process of categorization; however, age is a socially constructed phenomenon and has an embodied experience that is gendered. The objective of this research is to understand the role of ‘age’ in shaping social protection policies regarding sex work in The Netherlands, by analyzing how age is understood by those involved in the design and implementation of policies rel... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Coumans, SV (Sara Vida)
Dokumenttyp: workingPaper
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Verlag/Hrsg.: International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/keywords/series/iss_working_paper_general_series / name=ISS Working Paper-General Series / /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty / name=SDG 1 - No Poverty / /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities / name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Sprache: Englisch
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Social protection policies regarding sex work in The Netherlands use ‘age’ as an instrument to create binaries between adults and young people. The concept ‘chronological age’ assumes that age is a static feature and supports the process of categorization; however, age is a socially constructed phenomenon and has an embodied experience that is gendered. The objective of this research is to understand the role of ‘age’ in shaping social protection policies regarding sex work in The Netherlands, by analyzing how age is understood by those involved in the design and implementation of policies related to sex work in The Netherlands