Regulating Sex

Elizabeth Bernstein is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. Laurie Schaffner is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of Teenage Runaways.

"This is a politically engaged and theoretically nimble volume. Canvassing a wide range of topics--from age of consent laws to anti-trafficking activism, from the liberal state's simultaneous regulation and promotion of sexual commerce to battles for same-sex marriage and transgender equality--the essays collected here trace the perils and possibilities of confronting liberalism and its values. Regulating Sex is vital reading for scholars and activists alike." -- Ann Pellegrini, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Performance Studies, New York University, co-author with Janet R. Jakobsen of Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits ofReligious Tolerance"The authors in this edited collection astutely analyze the regulation of sexuality of various populations of western neoliberal nations of the global North, including transgenders, queers, prostitutes, children, and sex tourists. Together these essays link a variety of heteronormative configurations that are commonly viewed as discreet and separate. Regulating Sex is an important contribution to sexuality studies that confidently extends the parameters of the field to take up not just GLBT studies, but also those that focus on sex work and adolescent sexual practices." -- Kamala Kempadoo, Associate Professor, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, York University, co-editor with Jo Doezema of Global Sex Workers, and author of Sexing the Caribbean"It is difficult to imagine a timelier book, in light of the current debate over same-sex marriage. This book is a must read for scholars and students of sexuality, social movements, and women's studies." -- Verta Taylor, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and co-author with Leila Rupp of Drag Queens atthe 801 Cabaret

• CONTENTS Part I. The Regulation of Queer Identities and Intimacies 1. MARY BERNSTEIN Liberalism and Social Movement Success: The Case of United States Sodomy Statutes 2. WILLIAM ROUNTREE Contract and the Legal Mooring of Same-Sex Intimacy 3. PAISLEY CURRAH and SHANNON MINTER Unprincipled Exclusions: The Struggle to Achieve Judicial and Legislative Equality for Transgender People Part II. The Regulation of Sexual Commerce 4. WENDY CHAPKIS Soft Glove, Punishing Fist: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 5. LAURA AGUSTÍN At Home in the Street: Questioning the Desire to Help and Save 6. JULIA O'CONNELL DAVIDSON and JACQUELINE SANCHEZ TAYLOR Travel and Taboo: Heterosexual Sex Tourism in the Caribbean 7. ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN Desire, Demand, and the Commerce of Sex Part III. The Regulation of Childhood and Gendered Innocence 8. KJERSTI ERICSSON Child Welfare as Social Defense against Sexuality: A Norwegian Example 9. KERWIN KAYE Sexual Abuse and the Wholesome Family: Feminist, Psychological, and State Discourses 10. PENELOPE SAUNDERS Identity to Acronym: How Child Prostitution Became CSEC 11. LAURIE SCHAFFNER Capacity, Consent, and the Construction of Adulthood Part IV. Beyond Regulation: Towards Sexual Justice 12. GERT HEKMA How Libertarian is the Netherlands? Exploring Contemporary Dutch Sexual Cultures 13. STEVEN SEIDMAN From Outsider to Citizen 14. JANET JAKOBSEN and ELIZABETH LAPOVSKY KENNEDY Sex and Freedom Bibliography About the Contributors