Sex Work

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, porn actresses, and workers in massage parlors, and so changed the way we talk about sex and money Features the original stories of women in the life, including writings by Sapphire, Nina Hartley, and Joan Nestle.Updated for the Second Edition Sex Workers response to AIDS Latest information on the legal status of sex work in the United States, Europe, and Asia Growth of the international prostitutes rights movement Bibliography, revised to reflect a decades worth of writing and publishing on sex work Resources, including activist organizations and publications many just a Web click away Free Download [ Sex Work ] by [ Frederique Delacoste ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Yes. This book showed up in my recommended readings when I was shopping for the required texts for my TransFeminism class and I fell in love after the first few essays It offers personal experiences, fictional accounts, and academic analysis of the sex industry and the women who work in it, from their feelings on the work to the way that they re treat...I thought the first half of the book, the first person narratives, was great I gave up reading the second half it was dry and uninteresting to me as I was already familiar with the subject matter.This book was a really slog to get through Do not read this book if you are looking for erotica, or something exciting An interesting read though showing the wide variety of sexual workers many do not fit the usual mold of a sex worker Every time that I read true details of women I ve yet to read anything from men engaged in sex work I am usually dismayed, disgusted, and repulsed all at once The damage to the soul that sex work causes to the women is terrible I am no Captain save ...It s been awhile since I read this book so I may be fuzzy on the details I do remember finding it refreshing that women, in their own words, told their stories about working in the sex industry whether by circumstance or by choice Mostly it was the idea that there were are women who not only have chosen to work in the sex industry but who are satisfied and enjoy the work they do.Yes, I m sure feminists would dispute the idea that women of their own choice would prefer to do this type of work It s been awhile since I read this book so I may be fuzzy on the details I do remember finding it refreshing that women, in their own words, told their stories about working in the sex industry whether by circumstance or by choice Mostly it was the idea that there were are women who not only have chosen to work in the sex i...I think this is a good book to whet the mind fordiscussion and research on sex workers, feminist perspectives, and social policy Since this was written in the late 1990s I wonder what changes have come a...one of three great books i read for my Deviance class this is half creative writing, half theory, which i think is a great idea the book presents a wide spectrum of feelings on the sex industry the creative writing short stories and po...So, often, depictions about sex work are from a male perspective Here, women who work in the sex industry have the opportunity to speak about their lives and their work and it reveals that women get into sex work for any number of reasons This is a book about power, privilege, and the w...Good read and a good quick look at women in different aspects of the sex industry, some were negative, some positive but the sharp cynicism was evident in everyone Left me withquestions than answers.This is a rough subject hard to grasp the morality of working in the sex industry, especially as a prostitute What s great about this book is that you get all sorts of individual perspectives and experiences both positive and negative and now I am not so quick to judge.good collection overall, though scarlet harlot s writing is obnoxiously vain.

• English
• 13 July 2017
Frederique Delacoste
• Paperback
• 380 pages
• 1573440426
• Frederique Delacoste
• Sex Work