The Idea of Prostitution

by Sheila Jeffreys

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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.
  • ISBN10 1876756675
  • ISBN13 9781876756673
  • Publish Date 1 September 2008 (first published 1 January 1997)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country AU
  • Imprint Spinifex Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 394
  • Language English