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The Idea of Prostitution (Paperback)

by Sheila Jeffreys (Author) "In the period between the two world wars, feminists campaigned through the League of Nations against the traffic in women and against prostitution itself ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 394 pages
  • Publisher: Spinifex Press (2 Oct 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1875559655
  • ISBN-13: 978-1875559657
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 651,971 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This work explores the idea of men's entitlement to abuse and profit from the abuse of women in prostitution. It aims to show how this idea is central to male supremacist ideology, and has been bolstered by masculine systems of thought such as sexology, sociology, historiography and queer theory. It asserts that the feminist challenge to this idea has become more difficult in recent times because sexual liberalism, economic individualism and free "choice" ideas have persuaded even some feminists that prostitution should be seen as "just a job like any other". The book argues that it is important to recognise men's abuse of women in prostitution as a variety of male sexual violence and a violation of women's human rights.


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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A bad idea, 28 Mar 2009
By A Trollope (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Idea of Prostitution (Paperback)
I was greatly disappointed by this book. It does not engage with "ideas" of prostitution, but commits itself only to a single ideology. That aside, the author's passion for her subject creates a prose that is misanthropic rather than informative. Any attempt the author makes to thoughtful engagement is undermined or completely undone as she misinterprets and misrepresents the very authors she cites. Wild attempts to support spurious logic left me baffled and insulted.
This book will find an audience with the uncritical reader but shouldn't be taken seriously.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent publication, 9 Nov 1998
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The way I see it, she presents a very interesting summation of what goes on in this business unlike other writers. Definately recommended.
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