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Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.740973
EAN: 9781573440424
ISBN: 1573440426
Label: Cleis Press
Manufacturer: Cleis Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 380
Publication Date: October 08, 1998
Publisher: Cleis Press
Sales Rank: 116700
Studio: Cleis Press

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A landmark collection of writings by street prostitutes, exotic dancers, nude models, escorts, porn stars, and massage parlor workers. Since publication in 1987, SEX WORK has generated much discussion and has changed the language we use to talk about sex for money.

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- Excellent
Perfectly edited, entertaining, intelligent. In this book, one will find a large variety of perspectives, a strong sex-positive feminist lens through which to view sex workers, and a very solid foundation of fascinating and personable narratives.

This book is a staple in anyone's book collection who is interested in the marginalized subject of sex work. The majority of books out there that are about this subject REFERENCE "Sex Work," and it is easy to see why. This should be a no-brainer buy.

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- Very personal look at women in the sex industry
Now that I've read, Whores and Other Feminists, Tales from the Clit, Sex for Sale, Out of Bondage, The Lusty Lady, and Brothel, Sex Work gives a personal touch beyond what Whores and Other Feminists has to offer. There is a line of reading that one must read to truly listen to the feminist minority that sex work is part of being a woman. Whether women get paid to have sex or not, all women live with social stigmas attached to them not only by men (police, politicians, and clients) but by women (wives, the feminist majority, and other sex workers). The book explores the good girl/bad girl status of a woman. There is also a lot of question between Madonna/Whore demarcation between women in the sex industry. It answers the question as to where did these women come from.
Women in the sex industry are mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters. They are friends and co-workers. Sex workers are women who love and ... Read More

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- good
It is always enlightening to hear stories from those who have lived it as opposed to reading a psychologist's view of a world he has never experienced. This is a good read, told by women who have experienced all that makes up the world of prostitution.

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- sex in the cities
I bought this book thinking that I'd be reading only stories by women in the sex industry. I have always had a fascination with how people begin anything, but especially how women or men cross the line (I don't mean that negatively) and become prostitutes. What this book is, however, is half stories from women in the industry and half academic writings on the plight of prostitutes. Not what I wanted, but still pretty good.

The stories, from street prostitutes, call girls, massage parlor workers, and strippers are often quite touching. The women, many of whom are lesbian, I've discovered in this book, choose to become prostitutes, prostitution doesn't choose them. They profess to either enjoy their job or to suffer through it not unlike clockwatchers do. Still, I can't help but read pain between the lines in these women's stories. These women are used -- well used, poorly used -- for others' whims. All of ... Read More

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