The
      Politics
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wendy
      Chapkis,
      author
      of
      Live
     
     
      Sex
      Acts,
      discusses
      the
      lives
      of
     
     
      those
      who
      work
      in
      the
      sex
      trade,
     
     
      and
      how
      society
      could
      better
     
     
      serve
      these
      indivuiduals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Sarah
      Murphy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      News
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      many,
     
     
      Wendy
      Chapkis
      has
     
     
      become
      a
      celebrity
     
     
      apologist
      for
     
     
      prostitutes.
     
    

    
     
      Chapkis,
      an
     
     
      assistant
      professor
      of
     
     
      Sociology
      and
     
     
      Women’s
      studies
      at
     
     
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Southern
      Maine
      insists
     
     
      that
      she
      is
      really
      a
      good
     
     
      girl,
      who
      is
      simply
     
     
      fascinated
      by
      the
      more
     
     
      bold.
      These
      bolder
     
     
      women,
      sex
      workers,
     
     
      are
      the
      subject
      of
     
     
      Chapkis’s
      most
      recent
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      book
      entitled
      Live
     
     
      Sex
      Acts.
     
    

    
     
      In
      writing
      this
     
     
      book,
      Chapkis
      did
     
     
      not
      only
      want
      to
      pose
     
     
      a
      challenge
      to
      the
     
     
      enduring
      division
     
     
      between
      “good
      girls”
     
     
      and
      “bad
      girls”
      but
     
     
      also
      wants
      to
      explore
     
     
      the
      debate
      within
     
     
      feminism
      surrounding
     
     
      commercial
      sex.
     
    

    
     
      “Feminism
     
     
      was
      poised
      to
      have
      a
     
     
      complicated
     
     
      discussion
      about
     
     
      sexuality,
      [but
      it]
     
     
      turned
      to.a
      war
     
     
      instead,”
      said
     
     
      =
      chapkis,
      who
     
     
      >
      was
      horrified
     
     
      by
      the
     
     
      bloodletting
     
     
      within
      the
     
     
      feminist
     
     
      community
     
     
      occasioned
      by
     
     
      the
      different
     
     
      perspectives
     
     
      on
      prostitution
     
     
      a
      n
      d
     
     
      pornography.
     
     
      To
      a
      number
     
     
      of
      feminists,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      continued
     
     
      on
      page
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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