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200 14$aThe idea of prostitution$b[electronic resource] /$fSheila Jeffreys
205   $aFirst edition.
210   $aNorth Melbourne $cSpinifex$d1997
215   $a1 online resource (viii, 398 pages)
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCHAPTER 1. The traffic in women, feminism and the league of nations -- CHAPTER 2. The revolt of the johns: prostitution and the sexual revolution -- CHAPTER 3. Normalising prostitution: the prostitutes' rights movement -- CHAPTER 4. Homosexuality and prostitution -- CHAPTER 5. Prostitution as "choice" -- CHAPTER 6. Just a job like any other? prostitution as "work" -- CHAPTER 7. 'Why cars? who's driving?' prostitution and the theorising of sexuality -- CHAPTER 8. Prostitution as "sex" -- CHAPTER 9. Prostitution as male sexual violence -- CHAPTER 10. Sexual violence, feminist human rights theory and the omission of prostitution -- CHAPTER 11. Trafficking, prostitution and human rights -- CONCLUSION: Universalising prostitution.
330   $aThere are (at least) two competing views on prostitution: Prostitution as a legitimate and acceptable form of employment, freely chosen by women and Men's use of prostitution as a form of degrading the women and causing grave psychological damage. In The Idea of Prostitution Sheila Jeffreys  explores these sharply contrasting views. She examines the changing concept of prostitution from White Slave Traffic of the nineteenth century to its present status as legal. The book includes discussion of the varieties of prostitution such as: the experience of male prostitutes; the uses of women in pornography; and the role of military brothels compared with slavery and rape in marriage. Sheila Jeffreys explodes the distinction between forced" and free"prostitution, and documents the expanding international traffic in women. The author examines the claims of the prostitutes' rights movement and the sex industry, while supporting prostituted women,
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