
Le 1er avril prochain paraîtra Ecrivains en série aux éditions LaureLi/Léo Scheer. J'y suis responsable des entrées Lady Oscar, ReGenesis, Nip/Tuck et CSI (Grissooom reviens !).
Conclusion : Les individus avides de sensations fortes ne voient pas seulement leurs cerveaux fortement s'activer devant des choses excitantes et potentiellement dangereuses, ils sont aussi moins à même d'inhiber ou de contrôler "de façon appropriée" cette activation.
Référence : Neural Correlates of Emotional Reactivity in Sensation Seeking, Jane E. Joseph et al., Psychological Science, Volume 20 Issue 2, Pages 215 - 223, Published Online: 31 Jan 2009
Towards the end of the twentieth century, both Germany and Sweden engaged in extensive discussions on prostitution – discussions that resulted in two very different prostitution policies. Whereas the purchase (but not the selling) of sexual favours was forbidden in Sweden, prostitution was made a legal profession in Germany. This thesis examines the political debates that preceded these legislations and analyses their ideological backgrounds. Previously the Swedish policy of criminalizing clients has been explained with reference to the high percentage of women members in the Riksdag, compared to parliaments in countries with liberal prostitution policies such as Germany and the Netherlands. Researchers like political scientist Maud Eduards and historian Yvonne Svanström have described client criminalization as a clear feminist legislation. Comparison of Swedish and the German policies undertaken in this thesis reveals that also the approval of prostitution builds on feminist analyses, and that other explanations can be found for the Swedish approach of client criminalisation than the actual success of the Swedish women’s movement. In this thesis the ideas of prostitution that emerge in tandem with the Swedish client criminalization and the German approval of prostitution are traced back to different theories of civil society, differing welfare state ideologies, religious traditions and feminist ideas that have influenced the political strategies of both countries. Especially transnational forms of prostitution are the subject of discussions on joint legislations in the European Union. The fact that the prostitution policies of the European countries widely differ, even between parties that belong to the same political group in the European Parliament, may possibly be regarded as a problem for this collaboration. However in the present thesis the finial discussion culminates with a draft for a prostitution policy that suggests a means of considering conflicting standpoints and consequently might be a way to bridge the gap between the current Swedish and German legislation.
Un point de sa thèse me semble particulièrement pertinent : l'opposition entre Suède et Allemagne au sujet de la prostitution s'expliquerait par la différence de rapport à l'État de leurs habitants. Alors que les Suédois ont confiance en lui (bien qu'il fut l'un des plus eugénistes de l'histoire européenne), les Allemands c'est l'inverse : le passé leur ayant « appris » à se méfier de leurs dirigeants.
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