Scambler Rethinking Prostitution

Purchasing Sex in the 1990s
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-80699-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

The growth of AIDS has focused renewed attention on the institution of prostitution. In contrast to the moral panic reaction of some sectors of society, very different initiatives are being displayed by other groups in relation to the need to scrutinize the social, moral and legal status of prostitution and to reflect on the arguments in support of and against legalising brothels, paying particular concern to prostitutes' own health.
Rethinking Prostitution covers male as well as female sex workers and considers in detail their status in law; drugs; issues of health and health care; the changing nature of sex work; partners, boyfriends and pimps; and the potential for redefining prostitution.
By drawing on the expertise of researchers across all aspects of the industry, this up-to-date text focuses on an institution and industry ripe for re-assessment.
Rethinking Prostitution will be of considerable interest to students, lecturers and researchers in medical sociology and women's studies as well as to social workers in training and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scambler, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Understanding Prostitution, Graham Scambler and Annette Scambler Part One. An Overview 1. Prostitute Women Now, Maggie O'Neill 2. Prostitute Men Now, Peter Davies Part Two. Social and Legal Status. 3. The Legal Regulation of Prostitution: A Human Rights Issue, Susan Edwards 4. Campaigning for Legal Change, English Collective of Prostitutes Part Three. The Business of Selling Sex 5. Conspicuous and Inconspicuous Sex Work: The Neglect of the Ordinary and Mundane, Graham Scambler 6. Boyfriends, "Pimps" and Clients, Jean Faugier Part Four. Health Issues 7. Health Care and Regulation: New Perspectives, Helen Ward and Sophie Day 8. Alcohol, Drugs and Social Milieu, Martin Plant Afterword: Rethinking Prostitution, Graham Scambler and Annette Scambler