Getting Screwed
Sex Workers and the Law

Distributed for University Press of New England
280 pages
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6 x 9
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface • Acknowledgments • Prologue: “The Friendliest” Brothel in Manhattan • The Madonna-Whore Divide • The Modern Sex Workers’ Rights Movement • Sex Work Goes Online and Indoors • Why Women and Men Do Sex Work: Variations on a Theme • The Truth about Sex Trafficking • From Bad Laws to Bad Cops and Violence against Women • Busted in Sin City: Nevada’s Two-Faced Approach to Sex Work • Misguided Laws and Misuse of Resources • The Rhode Island Story • Sex Work Overseas: Prohibition in Sweden versus Legalization in New Zealand and the Netherlands • Canada’s Public Health Experiment • California: Epicenter of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement • A Saner Approach to Prostitution • Epilogue: Silent No More • Notes • Selected Bibliography • Index
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