TUF. Prostitution and the sexual contract

The AAWAA Women’s Advocate · May 7, 2026 · 11m

In this episode, Martine and Liv look at prostitution through a second-wave, materialist feminist lens — and at why the shift to "sex work" language matters more than it might first appear. Drawing on Kathleen Barry, Carole Pateman and Andrea Dworkin, they trace the argument that prostitution is not a marginal issue but part of the basic infrastructure of patriarchy: a system through which men, as a class, buy sexual access to women and girls, as a class. They also ask the question that gets lost when the debate narrows to working conditions: should there be a market in women's bodies…