Transnational Prostitution: Changing Patterns in a Global ContextSusanne Thorbek, Bandana Pattanaik Patterns of prostitution, like so much else in our increasingly inter-connected world, are changing radically, as the investigations in this volume dramatically show. The question of migrant prostitutes in the West may be much debated, but it is little researched. This collection makes a radical break with the current media focus on human trafficking and the old habit of simply blaming the victim. What emerges is a nuanced and empirically grounded portrait of the complexities of prostitution across national boundaries today. |
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... exploitation of voluntary prostitution is now legalized ; the exploitation of involuntary prostitution is punished more severely . The Ministry of Justice formulated six major aims with this proposal : 1. To control and regulate the ...
... exploitation ? The other vexed question which has divided activists is whether prostitution can be called work . One of the basic demands of sex - workers ' groups around the world is for recognition of sex work as work . The difficulty ...
... exploitation within a broader context . Contact with sex - workers has opened our eyes to the other forms of exploitation and discrim- ination which the women face . For example , that they are often victims of custodial rape , and that ...
Contents
Sex Diaries of Tourists Returning from | 13 |
Male Perspectives | 24 |
Postcolonial Entrepreneurs | 42 |
Copyright | |
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