Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072C3G12D |
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| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Getting Screwed is a page-turner/compelling read Stuart Brager In Getting Screwed: Sex Workers & the Law, Alison Bass makes a compelling argument for the decriminalization of adult prostitution. Pursuing and punishing sex workers is a huge waste of police and government enforcement agencies money and time, resources better spent on other causes. In addition, the current laws make prostitution more dangerous. Getting Screwed Hits the Nail on the Head Amazon Customer This is a topic that everyone should be talking about, and this is the book that everyone needs to read to understand it. Fascinating narrative. Overwhelming research. I was alternatively entertained and outraged from start to finish, and fully convinced of the author's thesis--adult consensual prostitution must be legalized--by the end.. Tanya Charbury said High-quality material, enticingly presented. I have a very busy work schedule and yet I make time to enjoy this book. Its intro is captivating. It provides an objective approach to a difficult subject, and the information I've read reconciles well to fact that, safe to say, few people know in depth. Well done.
Drawing on recent studies that show lower rates of violence and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, in regions where adult prostitution is legal and regulated, Bass makes a powerful case for decriminalizing sex work. Alison Bass weaves the true stories of sex workers with the latest research on prostitution into a gripping journalistic account of how women (and some men) navigate a culture that routinely accepts the implicit exchange of sex for money, status, or even a good meal, but imposes heavy penalties on those who make such bargains explicit. Through comparisons of the impact of criminalization vs. The book also will appeal to anyone with an interest in American history and our society's evolving attitudes toward sexuality and marriage.. decriminalization in other countries, her book offers strategies for making prostitution safer for American sex workers and the communities in which they dwell. Along the way, Bass examines why an increasing number of middle-class white women choose to become sex workers and explores how prostitution has become a thriving industry in the 21st-century global economy. Situating her b