作者 ｜
葉德蘭(台灣大學外國語文學系副教授)
摘要 ｜
在2009年的台灣公共論述中，娼妓除罪化除罰化議題再度引發社會各界關注，特別是在公部門6月決定商業性交易[1]將朝除罪化方向研議，並於半年內擬定性工作管理辦法，及討論是否設置專區之決議形成前後，台灣諸多公民團體（NGO）相互集結發聲，再現討論熱潮。本研究以2009年間公民團體聲明、報紙投書、新聞訪談報導、委託研究報告及口語（演講、會議）資料等各方公共言論為文本，佐以2004年迄今具指標意義之重要公共論述，分析台灣主要論述陣營在探討商業性交易議題時，所使用之社會運動語藝策略及其有效性。
[1] 此處「商業性交易」係指有報酬、具歡愉性的性行為買賣，不包含以生殖（精子卵子買賣、代理孕母等）或醫藥研究（性功能、避孕藥實驗等）為用途而生產利潤之性交易。
關鍵字 ｜
娼妓、除罪／罰化、公共論述、社會運動語藝分析
Title ｜
Stoned by Whom? A Rhetorical Analysis of Taiwan’s Commercial Sex Trade Discourse in 2009
Author ｜
Theresa Der-Lan Yeh(Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University)
Abstract ｜
This article analyses public discourse debating the legalization of commercial sex trade in Taiwan after the government announced the decision to deliberate towards the decriminalization of prostitution in 2009. A multi-layered rhetorical model of function, strategy and form is applied to investigate the rhetorical structures of social campaign discourse from both pro- and anti- sides of the controversy. The public discourse examined includes NGO announcements, news releases, press coverage, letters to the editors, and town meeting reports, corroborated with other significant public discourse texts since 2004. The study concludes with an evaluation of how effective the rhetorical campaigns are in accordance with their respective goals and suggestions for those developing or revising advocacy plans for social changes.
Keywords ｜
Prostitution, decriminalization, rhetorical analysis of social movement