本研究訪問57位色情行業婦女,發現色情行業對於每位受訪者深具不同的功能與意義,不但受訪者的動機以及從業後的身心影響迥異,階級、族群以及性別等結構因素在影響受訪者進入特種行業的面向上,也依年齡有所不同。本研究也發現台灣法令雖然特意合法化且“除娼妓化”色情行業,但並沒有因此減少受訪婦女的娼妓汚名,反倒鞏固台灣男性由來已久的一項父權心態-即以相偕走酒家,一同玩女人當作是正當且必需的應酬休閑活動。本研究因此建議台灣婦運在擬訂對抗色情行業的政策時,除了兼顧色情行業婦女的差異需要,也須積極抗爭台灣社會以男性走訪色情爲正當的父權文化。
This study interviewed 57 women and girls in the sex industry. Three major findings are discussed. First, the interviwees have astonishingly different motives consequences and lifestyles. Second, structural conditions (including class gender and ethnicity) form the backdrop for entry into the sex industry, influencing the interviewees differently mainly according to their ages. Finally, the legal treatment of sex industries has not help remove the interviewees' whore stigma. It has more effective in fomenting men's sexist view of visiting the sex industry as a legitimate business and leisure activity. In conclusion, while the study urges the women's movement to make war on the sexist male culture, it simultaneously suggests that a feminist policy should be sensitive to the distinct needs and demands of girls and women in the sex industry.