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Sex Work is Real Work

Eugene Lang College Lib Arts: History

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Sex Work is Real Work
Spring 2025
Taught By: Rachel Schreiber
Section: A

CRN: 15536

Credits: 4

This course studies the history of prostitution and sex work, with a focus on the ways that sex workers have, throughout history, been at the center of societies’ fears regarding relationships between gender, sexuality, labor, and economic agency. Case studies will include prostitution in Victorian England and Gold Rush-era San Francisco, male prostitutes in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, and sex work under colonialism in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere. The culture wars over sex work that ensued between sex positive feminists and anti-porn feminists during the 1980s will be explored, as well as contemporary debates about decriminalization, legalization, and trafficking. Finally, the course will examine current sex workers’ rights movements around the world.

College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)

Department: History (HIS)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: N/A

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Waitlist*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 8:18am EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Monday, Wednesday
Times: 2:00pm - 3:40pm
Building: Johnson/Kaplan 66 West 12th
Room: 501
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/12/2025