ABSTRACT

The notion of unacceptable work has formed, in part, as a counterweight to the push for decent or better forms of work. That is, naming and understanding the functioning of unacceptable work helps ‘promote respect for rights at work by eliminating egregious labour practices’. There are important insights around unacceptable work to be gained from feminist debates on the sex industry. Engaging with these debates through the prism of unacceptable work can illuminate the way in which systems of prostitution can function simultaneously as forms of labour and as forms of exploitation and violence against women. If prostitution/sex work meets many of the criteria available for understanding unacceptable forms of work, then the question of abolition can be raised from a labour rights perspective. Following this logic, it is also possible to view the Equality/Nordic Model of asymmetric decriminalisation of the sex industry (where prostituted persons are decriminalised, but brothel owning and the purchase of sexual access are criminalised) as a form of innovative policy to address unacceptable work, and promote decent work.

摘要

不能接受的工作的概念在某种程度上已成为对追求体面或更好工作形式的压制。也就是说，命名和理解不可接受的工作的功能有助于“通过消除不良的劳动习惯来促进对工作权利的尊重”。从关于性行业的女权主义辩论中可以找到有关无法接受的工作的重要见解。通过不可接受的工作来参与这些辩论，可以阐明卖淫制度可以同时作为劳动形式，对妇女的剥削和暴力形式同时发挥作用的方式。如果卖淫/性工作符合了解不可接受的工作形式的许多标准，那么可以从劳工权利的角度提出废除死刑的问题。按照这个逻辑，