Liberation Psychology and Prostitution of Women

Abstract

The study of prostitution raises epistemological issues underlying the controversy over research results from different approaches [1-3]. On the other hand, the theoretical analysis of scientific research and gender, highlighted the importance of critical reflection on the epistemological position adopted when issues concerning women [4-7]. How this issue affects the production of knowledge has been widely debated since the philosophy of science [8-11]. The controversy over the way the point of view taken determines the observed, highlighted the importance of explaining the " values and interests " who investigates. The problem of prostitution can be considered, in a way, a paradigmatic case of this effect of " point of view " . Reflections on prostitution dependent " part of the problem, " you gain greater prominence, and this in turn depends on where the researcher is located. This issue, widely discussed in philosophy of science, has appealed to cognitive psychology whose research explain the mechanisms by which reality is unthinkable without these constraints the approach taken [12,13].