1st Edition

Is It Wrong to Buy Sex? A Debate

By Holly Lawford-Smith, Angie Pepper Copyright 2024
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

Is it wrong for a man to buy sex from a woman? In this book, Holly Lawford-Smith argues that it is wrong: commercial sex is quintessentially hierarchical sex, and it is wrong both to have, and to perpetuate a market in, hierarchical sex. Angie Pepper argues that it isn’t wrong: men are permitted to buy sex from those women who freely choose to sell it. Important but different interests are at... Read more

Foreword by Michelle Madden Dempsey

Introduction
Holly Lawford-Smith and Angie Pepper

Part I: Opening Statements

1. It Is Wrong To Buy Sex
Holly Lawford-Smith

2. It is Not Wrong to Buy Sex
Angie Pepper

Part II: First Round of Replies

3. No Such Thing As A Good Sex Buyer: First reply to Angie Pepper
Holly Lawford-Smith

4. Why It’s Still Not Wrong to Buy Sex: First Reply to Holly Lawford-Smith
Angie Pepper

Part III: Second Round of Replies

5. What Women Owe to Each Other: Second reply to Angie Pepper
Holly Lawford-Smith

6. Finding Common Ground: Second Reply to Holly Lawford-Smith
Angie Pepper

Further Reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Biography

Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of Gender-Critical Feminism (2022) and Sex Matters: Essays in Gender-Critical Philosophy (2023).

Angie Pepper is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Roehampton.