FRIVILLIGHET ELLER TVÅNG? : En framinganalys av hur riksdag och regering skildrar prostitution under mandatperioden 2010–2014

Sammanfattning: In 1999 Sweden became the first country in the world to legalise the selling of sex by individuals, whilst making its purchase illegal. This is an approach that has been both highly praised and criticized. Using the qualitative text analysis method of framing, this study examines the debate surrounding Sweden’s prostitution policy. It focuses on the tension between the government’s use of goals and means in relation to its prostitution policy and the wider societal debate with its dichotomy of freedom of choice versus coercion. To do this, parliamentary and governmental bills and governmental communication during the 2010–2014 governmental term in office have been examined. Robert Nozick’s and Serena Olsaretti’s philosophical views on voluntariness, liberal and radical feminist theory, the normalization approach and the abolitionist perspective are all referenced. The main conclusion drawn is that Swedish governmental policy work largely disregards the freedom of choice/coercion debate in favour of developing current policy.