Gestão pública da prostituição no Brasil e na Holanda

Abstract

Known as the oldest profession in the world, prostitution has figured as an important issue for many fields of knowledge, especially in the human and social sciences. In this paper I will discuss the way in which prostitution policies have been outlined in Brazil and the Netherlands. I will take a historical approach to these policies and focus on their repercussions in the urban space. I argue that both cases evidence a way of dealing with prostitution in the sense of what Michel Foucault calls the differential management of illegalism, creating a context of unclear boundaries of the legality of an occupation that pervades issues such as moral standards and the necessary recognition of the rights of sex workers.