ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book offers some synthesising reflections on the analysis of neo-abolitionism's trajectory, as well as some thoughts on the political and social implications of this radical feminist project. Neo-abolitionist ideas and policies have become ubiquitous. In many parts of the world, it is a simple given that criminalising the purchasing of sex will reduce sex work and thus automatically cause a reduction in the demand that, the argument goes, fuels trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The book shows how radical feminism, energised into neo-abolitionist activism, has drawn feminism and many women's organisations and movements into a worrisome connection with statist and neo-liberal agendas. Moreover the negative consequences of neo-abolitionism for women who sell sex and migrant women in the contradictory world of neo-liberal globalisation seem clear.
