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For too long the global sex industry and its vested interests have dominated the prostitution debate repeating the same old line that sex work is just like any job. In large sections of the media, academia, public policy, government and the law, the sex industry has had its way. Little is said of the damage, violation, suffering, and torment of prostitution on the bodies and minds of mostly women and children, nor of the deaths, suicides and murders that are routine in the sex industry. This book refutes the lies and debunks the myths spread by the industry through the lived experiences of women who have survived prostitution. These disturbing stories give voice to formerly prostituted women who explain why they entered the sex trade. They bravely and courageously recount their intimate experiences of harm and humiliation at the hands of sex buyers, pimps and traffickers and reveal their escape and emergence as survivors. Edited by Caroline Norma and Melinda Tankard Reist, the book documents the reality of prostitution revealing the cost to the lives of women and girls. This book will strengthen and support the global campaign to abolish prostitution, provide solidarity and solace to those who bear its scars, and hopefully help women and girls exit this dehumanising industry.Product Identifiers
PublisherSpinifex Press
ISBN-139781742199863
eBay Product ID (ePID)221813457
Product Key Features
Number of Pages238 Pages
Publication NameProstitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSexual Abuse, Physical Education, Biographies & True Stories
AuthorCaroline Norma, Melinda Tankard Reist
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height215 mm
Item Weight286 g
Additional Product Features
EditorMelinda Tankard Reist, Caroline Norma
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia