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| | Prostitution and Sexual Autonomy: |
 | | Prostitution is North American culture’s archetypal sexual interaction, within which sex, money, and power are interwoven: the willing, economically dependent, always available, sexually seductive and irresistible woman serves the needs of the virile, strong, aggressive male with an irrepressible sex drive who can buy the means for satisfying his desires. |
 | | Although Pateman’s emphasis on the symbolic importance of the actual sex acts in prostitution is questionable, the gist of her point is both plausible and widely shared by the radical feminists. |
 | | A prostitute may be required to adhere to the same standards of non-discrimination regarding race, age, physical appearance, gender, religion or ideology that other private enterprises in the business of accommodating the public must adhere to. |
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