The majority of workers in the sample were over 30 years of age, a finding that accords with other research about mean ages of sex workers in indoor venues (Groves et al. 2008, Pyett et al. 1996, Pyett and Warr 1999, Woodward et al.
'Sex Work' describes how women create complex psychological and emotional techniques to maintain their sanity while selling sex and explains how the indoor sex markets in Britain have a distinct 'occupational culture' with a set of social ...
This book is essential reading for students taking courses on sex work, gender and politics, sexuality and the body.
Since publication in 1987, SEX WORK has generated much discussion and has changed the language we use to talk about sex for money.
The first and possibly only book to be reviewed favorably in both The Women's Review of Books and Hustler, Sex Work popularized the term "sex work" to describe the occupations of street prostitutes, exotic dancers, nude models, escorts, ...
... La mondialisation des industries du sexe. Prostitution, pornographie, traite des femmes et des enfants. Ottawa: L'interligne. Raymond,]anice G. 2004. Prostitution on Demand: Legalizing the Buyers as Sexual Consumers. Violence Against ...
In this radical volume, five academics and activists convey their vision of prostitution as work, reclaiming the place of sex workers in the discussion of their lives and their work, and opposing discourses that position them as merely ...