The Idea of ProstitutionThere are (at least) two competing views on prostitution: prostitution as a legitimate and acceptable form of employment, freely chosen by women and men's use of prostitution as a form of degrading the women and causing grave psychological damage. In 'The Idea of Prostitution' Sheila Jeffreys explores these sharply contrasting views. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
the traffic in women feminism and the league of nations | 7 |
prostitution and the sexual revolution | 35 |
the prostitutes rights movement | 65 |
homosexuality and prostitution | 92 |
prostitution as choice | 128 |
just a job like any other? prostitution as work | 161 |
why cars? whos driving? prostitution and the theorising of sexuality | 196 |
prostitution as sex | 213 |
prostitution as male sexual violence | 242 |
sexual violence feminist human rights theory and the omission of prostitution | 275 |
trafficking prostitution and human rights | 306 |
CONCLUSION universalising prostitution | 339 |
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