Cleansing the Metropolis: Sex Work and the Politics of Zero Tolerance
Cleansing the Metropolis: Sex Work and the Politics of Zero Tolerance
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净化大都市：性工作与零容忍政治
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2004
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P. Hubbard
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尽管红灯区长期以来一直是西方城市的特色，但这些空间会定期受到国家和法律制定的道德清洗和净化形式的影响。本文以巴黎市中心和伦敦西区为重点，描述了近期旨在驱逐性工作场所的“零容忍”政策。在探究此类行为的动机时，该论文认为，政策制定者试图通过从性工作者手中夺回红灯区，来证明他们有能力维护道德秩序。同时，有人建议，这种“净化”过程的目的是通过促进以家庭为导向的中产阶级化，最大限度地发挥城市中心资本积累的潜力。论文最后通过思考这一点的影响，提出了这样一个问题：性工作者被排除在我们的城市中心之外，这是正确的吗？
Although red-light districts have long been characteristic features of Western cities, these spaces are periodically subject to forms of moral cleansing and purification enacted by the state and law. Focusing on central Paris and the West End of London, this paper describes recent 'Zero Tolerance' policies designed to displace sex work from such spaces. Exploring the motives for such actions, the paper argues that policy-makers are seeking to demonstrate their ability to assert moral order by reclaiming red-light districts from sex workers. Simultaneously, it is suggested that this process of 'purification' is intended to maximise the potential for capital accumulation in city centres via the promotion of family-oriented gentrification. The paper concludes by thinking through the implications of this, posing the question: is it right that sex workers are being excluded from our city centres?