"Skillfully analyzes tensions within social movements' ideologies and exposes their dilemmas in action." --Catharine MacKinnon
In this book, Mary Lucille Sullivan asks whether the concept of sex work as ‘a job like any other’ matches the reality. Discussing the practicalities of brothels as regular businesses, the author unearths astounding facts about both the legal and illegal sectors. Covering issues such as violence, organised crime, women’s health, and mainstream businesses’ involvement in the sex trade.
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Discussing the practicalities of brothels as regular businesses, this work unearths facts about both the legal and illegal sectors. Covering issues such as violence, organised crime, women's health, and mainstream businesses' involvement in the sex trade, it gives an insight into the sex industry.
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Setting the Framework: Prostitution in the 21st Century; Institutionalising Men's Rights to Women's Bodies: Legislation (1982-1997); From Prostitutes' Rights to Sex Industry Advocates: The History of the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria; Living Off the Earnings of Prostitution: Sex Industry Expansion and its Beneficiaries; Unregulated and Illegal: Clandestine Prostitution Under Victoria's 'Model Legislation'; Victoria's Sex Agenda: Occupation Health and Safety for the Sex Industry; Rape and Violence as Occupational Hazards; Making Men's Demand Visible; Index.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781876756604
Publisert
2007
Utgiver
Spinifex Press; Spinifex Press
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
217 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
413
Forfatter