Prostitution Narratives
Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade
Published on 9. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-1-74219-986-3 (ISBN)
Description
For too long the global sex industry and its vested interests have dominated the prostitution debate repeating the same old line that 'sex work' is just like any job. In large sections of the media, academia, public policy, government and the law, the sex industry has had its way. Prostitution Narratives refutes the lies and debunks the myths spread by the industry through the lived experiences of women who have survived prostitution. These disturbing stories give voice to formerly prostituted women who explain why they entered the sex trade. They bravely and courageously recount their intimate experiences of harm and humiliation at the hands of sex buyers, pimps and traffickers and reveal their escape and emergence as survivors. . Essential reading for Women's Studies.
Reviews / Votes
Whatever your stand on prostitution, its the first-hand stories of women that have to be listened to first. These accounts are among the most unsettling you will ever read, dispelling in just a few pages the comforting fairytales our society has built around sex work. Steve Biddulph, author of Raising Boys As you read, be prepared to feel both grief and rage. Prostitution Narrativesforces us to face the routine cruelty of the sexual-exploitation industries and go beyond the diversionary arguments of those who glorify sex work. Most importantly, this book asks men to choose: What do we value more, our own sexual pleasure or the humanity of women? Our answer reveals whether we believe in our own humanity. Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin, author of Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity. One of the women who shared their story in Prostitution Narratives went on to share it in the Daily Mail online. Her article can be read in full using the link below.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74219-986-3 (9781742199863)
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E-Book
07/2016
Spinifex Press
€21.99
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Persons
Melinda Tankard Reist (www.melindatankardreist.com) is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation of girls, objectification of women, pornification of culture, sexual exploitation and trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of five books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), now in its 9th printing, Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Abigail Bray) and her new release (Spinifex Press, co-edited with Caroline Norma) Prostitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade. An opinion writer for a range of mainstream and online media (including ABC and SBS), Melinda is also a regular on morning television and has appeared on ABC's Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs. Melinda is co-founder of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, exposing corporations, advertisers and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. An ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia and the Raise Foundation, Melinda is named in the Who's Who of Australian Women and the World Who's Who of Women.
Caroline Norma is a lecturer in the school of Global Studies, Social Science, and Planning at RMIT University, and a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA). Caroline is a contributing author to the collection of essays in Big Porn Inc: Exposing The harms of The Global Pornography Industry ( Spinifex Press 2011). She is also the author of newly released The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery during the China and Pacific Wars, (2016).
Caroline Norma is a lecturer in the school of Global Studies, Social Science, and Planning at RMIT University, and a member of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA). Caroline is a contributing author to the collection of essays in Big Porn Inc: Exposing The harms of The Global Pornography Industry ( Spinifex Press 2011). She is also the author of newly released The Japanese Comfort Women and Sexual Slavery during the China and Pacific Wars, (2016).