Susanne Dodillet (born 1977) is a Swedish feminist, historian and researcher at the
University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg () is a List of universities in Sweden, university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current List of universities in Sweden#Public universities, S ...
.
Early life and education
Dodillet was born in
Böblingen
Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous.
History
Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Bö ...
, and has been living in Sweden since 2001.
Dodillet earned a master's degree in cultural education from the
University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildesheim (in German ''Universität Hildesheim'') is a public university located in Hildesheim, in the German state of Lower Saxony.
History
Alfeld University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Alfeld) – University o ...
in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
(2001) and a PhD in the history of ideas from the
University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg () is a List of universities in Sweden, university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current List of universities in Sweden#Public universities, S ...
in 2009.
Her doctoral thesis ''Är sex arbete?'' (Is sex work?)
compared the Swedish and German policy process with respect to prostitution. In her dissertation she argued for rights for sex workers, including pension rights. Her thesis was considered very controversial, as her central claim contradicted the evidence of earlier research (from 1977) based on interviews with 219 sex workers which documented the lifelong interpersonal traumas that both led to and accompanied their life in prostitution.
Nordic Prostitution Policy Reform: Susanne Dodillet’s “Är sex arbete?” (Is Sex Work?)3-4-09
Career
Dodillet is on staff at the Institute for Education and Special Education at the University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg () is a List of universities in Sweden, university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current List of universities in Sweden#Public universities, S ...
.[
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Bibliography
Books
* Är sex arbete?: svensk och tysk prostitutionspolitik sedan 1970-talet. Vertigo akademika Stockholm 2009.
Articles
The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Claimed Success and Documented Effects. S Dodillet
P Östergren. May 2011
See also
*Prostitution in Sweden
The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sex, but not ''to sell the use of one's own body for such services''. Procuring (prostitution), Procuring and operating a brothel remain illegal. The criminalisation of the purchase of sex ...
References
External links
Website
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Swedish women writers
Swedish feminists
Prostitution in Sweden
People from Böblingen
Living people
1977 births
University of Gothenburg alumni