Last updated on:
12/1/2014 |
Author: ProCon.org
Laurie Shrage, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“For feminists like me, punitive laws against prostitution symbolize one of [the] things I’d most like to change about our society, namely double standards of sexual morality that result in stigmatizing not just prostitutes, but many unconventional women, as sluts or whores.”
North Gate News, Nov. 1, 2004
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the study of prostitution. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to prostitution issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor, Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies, Florida International University
- Laurence S. Rockefeller Fellow, Princeton University
- Former Professor of Philosophy, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Member, American Philosophical Association
- Member, Society for Women in Philosophy
- Co-Editor, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 1998-2003
- George P. Hart Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership, Cal Poly Pomona, 1998
- Contributor, PEA Soup
- Former Blogger, APA Governance
- Education:
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- PhD, University of California at San Diego, 1983
- MA, Philosophy, University of California at San Diego, 1979
- BA, Philosophy, University of California at Davis, 1975
- Other:
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- None found
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