RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Prostitution Under Debate in Spain: Citizens’ Perceptions of Its Prohibition
A1 Méndez Juez, Marta
A1 García Santamaría, Sandra
A1 Pérez Castaños, Sergio
K1 Transactional sex
K1 Attitudes
K1 Survey
K1 Quantitative research
K1 Prostitution
K1 Spain
K1 Política
K1 Political science
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB IntroductionThe debate about prostitution within Spain’s feminist movement has recently, and recurrently, been transferred to the social and political sphere, but without arriving at a clear and shared position. The aim of this research is to verify the characteristics of those who are in favor of banning prostitution in Spain and to what extent there are differences between men and women.MethodsTo do so, we will use our own collected data during 2022 through a prestigious social research company, 40 dB, and by applying advanced statistical techniques—Logit model.ResultsThe analysis illustrates three types of profile. The first one depicts the prohibitionist’s supporter profile in general terms. The second and the third ones demonstrate how women and men share similarities but also underlying differences, showing how women are more inclined than men to the prohibitionist approach.ConclusionsThis paper comes to validate, once again, most of the previous theoretical supported evidences, but not the religious element as a defining variable for being a banning supporter. The data also shows the possible consensus of those surveyed on this issue across different political parties.Policy ImplicationsThe implications of all kinds that arise around prostitution generate different public perceptions about its existence and practice, with its prohibition being one of the most important issues on the Spanish public agenda in recent months. This article depicts how the Spanish society positions itself in this policy agenda.
PB Springer
SN 1868-9884
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8008
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8008
LA eng
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This article was made thanks to the funding provided by the Junta de Castilla y León under the BU060G19 project.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 24-may-2024