"The fucking mother" Discourses and tensions about sex work in Uruguay

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the tensions that coexist in feminist discourses, in relation to sex work and the commercialization of sex performed by cis-gender women, deepening in particular the existing discourses in the public sphere in Uruguay. Considering the classic debate between abolitionism and regulationism, it is made a recount of its main tensions and characteristics in the feminist movement of our country

After reviewing the Uruguayan scenario, a strong tension is verified between the use of the concept of autonomy and sex work, both in international debates and in the Uruguayan case. It deepens in this sense by incorporating an analysis from the perspective of the "relational self", which places the debate from a novel point of view for the aforementioned antagonistic positions.