Indústria Global do Sexo: o braço da prostituição como uma alçada da Economia Política Internacional

Abstract

This paper aims to understand how states position themselves in relation to the Global Sex Industry, connecting it as an integral part of the international economy. To do this it makes use of Feminist International Relations Theory and other human sciences, such as political science, sociology, and philosophy. It is argued, according to sociologist Saskia Sassen, that globalization was the enabling context for the industrialization of prostitution by generating dynamics of migration and sex trafficking as alternative circuits of survival, especially for women. Finally, through a case study of the legislative models framing prostitution in the United States, Germany, and Sweden, the connections between the industry and the economy of the legal and illegal markets are traced. One realizes that regardless of the legislative scope adopted, prostitution and sex trafficking remain a constant and reveal that there are systematic and international reasons that are decisive for this.