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Author Jeffreys, Sheila.

Title The idea of prostitution / Sheila Jeffreys.

Publication Info. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia : Spinifex, 1997.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.74 J47I    Check Shelf
Description viii, 394 pages ; 22 cm
Contents The traffic in women, feminism and the League of Nations -- The revolt of the johns: prostitution and the sexual revolution -- Normalizing prostitution: the prostitute's rights movement -- Homosexuality and prostitution -- Prostitution as "choice" -- Just a job like any other? Prostitution as "work" -- "Why cars? Who's driving?" Prostitution and the theorizing of sexuality -- Prostitution as "sex" -- Prostitution as male sexual violence -- Sexual violence, feminist human rights theory and the omission of prostitution -- Trafficking, prostitution and human rights -- Universalizing prostitution.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index.
Subject Prostitution.
Sexual ethics.
Feminist theory.
Feminist theory. (OCoLC)fst00922816
Prostitution. (OCoLC)fst01079562
Sexual ethics. (OCoLC)fst01114835
Other Form: Online version: Jeffreys, Sheila. Idea of prostitution. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia : Spinifex, 1997 (OCoLC)606758373
ISBN 1875559655
9781875559657
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