In certain social circles, praising “sex workers” has become fashionable. How has prostitution — an outdated, slavery-like industry — been made to look so modern? A BBC Three video making the rounds on social media features a number of self-identified sex workers who either work independently or who profit from employing others, explaining that prostitution…
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Are men Human?
Read moreThis talk was recorded on 3 Feb 2017, during the British Academy Late, part of the British Academy’s season on Robotics, AI and Society. Philosopher Heather Brunskell-Evans asks are men human? Find out more: www.britishacademy.ac.uk/robotics.
Dr Heather Brunskell Evans
I am a social theorist and philosopher with an interest in the work of Michel Foucault and in feminist philosophy and politics of the body. Having been an academic for nearly three decades I am now also working on national and international political agendas driving the rights of women and girls. I am a Trustee of FiLia, a new feminist charity and Director of its Stop Violence against Women and Girls section.
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A Woman’s Place is Standing Her Ground
May 24, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Round Table Discussion for the British Council study: Women, Power & Politics
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Open letter to Girlguiding published in Sunday Times
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Podcast: The Idea Of Trans Kids
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Transgenderism, Queer Theory and the Degradation of Academic Debate
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Submission to APPG Inquiry into links between pornography and sexual violence
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Open Letter
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Even a party for women won’t take on trans lobby
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The Pimping Of Prostitution
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UCL Debating Society
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How transgender identity self declaration erases women's rights
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Transgender Children and Young People
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Public Statement to the Women’s Equality Party
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Moral Maze, Defining Gender BBC Radio 4
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Men’s right to access female bodies
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Roundtable: Is the Harvey Weinstein scandal a tipping point?
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Myth-Busting the Pornography Industry’s Propaganda
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The Changing Face of Patriarchy: Is it receding or just reinventing itself?
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Pornography and the Middle-Aged Straight Man
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The Sexualised Body and the Medical Authority of Pornography
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Gay and Born That Way’ – Should We Care?
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A Foucauldian Analysis
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Podcast
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Book Review: The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men by Robert Jensen
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The Contemporary Cult Of The ‘Sex Worker’
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Are men Human?
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Decriminalization and the Prostitution of British Law