The Idea of Prostitution
$31.96
- Paperback
394 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
Sheila Jeffreys explodes the distinction between “forced” and “free” prostitution, and documents the expanding international traffic in women. She examines the claims of the prostitutes’ rights movement and the sex industry, while supporting prostituted women. Her argument is threefold: the sex of prostitution is not just sex; the work of prostitution is not ordinary work; and prostitution is a ‘choice’ not for the prostituted women, but for the men who abuse them.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781876756673 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1876756675 |
| Author: | Jeffreys Sheila |
| Publisher: | Spinifex Press |
| Imprint: | Spinifex Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 394 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 140mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“A courageous book that grapples with a profound contradiction at the center of feminism–the failure to recognize that prostitution is violence against women.” –Janice Raymond, professor emerita, University of Massachusetts
About The Author
Jeffreys Sheila
Sheila Jeffreys is the author of many books on feminism and on violence against women. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne.
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