%0 Journal Article %T O trabalho sexual: discursos e pr¨˘ticas dos assistentes sociais em debate %A Ramalho %A N¨Ślson %J Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad (Rio de Janeiro) %D 2012 %I Centro Latinoamericano de Sexualidad y Derechos Humanos %R 10.1590/S1984-64872012000600004 %X this article addresses feminist approaches to sex work. radical feminists, who see prostitution as firmly grounded on gender inequalities, refuse to conceptualize it as work. conversely, liberal feminists and sex workersĄŻ movements mobilize for sex workersĄŻ rights, their self-determination, and the normalization of sex services as a legal activity. due to how their profession has been constructed along its history, social workers tend to adopt a radical feminist perspective. for that reason, their professional intervention with sex workers may not meet sex workersĄŻ demands. %K sex work %K radical feminism %K liberal feminism %K social work %K portugal. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1984-64872012000600004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en