Trabalho do sexo no Brasil: lutas, correntes e comparação internacional

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the social movements organized by prostitutes in Brazil, showing their advances and setbacks. Gabriela Leite and Lourdes Barreto are the two main figures in the organization of the movement, as well as the results achieved by the women's struggle. In this sense, prostitution will be analyzed within feminist theory, which in much of history has distanced itself from understanding the subject. Next, we will approach prostitution at the international level, presenting the models of positioning adopted by the countries. Finally, we will focus on two countries that have taken different directions when dealing with the issue like Brazil and the Netherlands, stressing how prostitution works in a regulatory country such as the Netherlands, and in Brazil, as well as attempting to resolve the issue. This work proposes a study of an as yet little explored subject becoming essential for understanding the current Brazilian scene. The research is descriptive in nature, in order to analyze the challenges encountered by prostitutes.