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Violence and Sex Work in Britain Paperback – 1 Oct 2008

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Willan (1 Oct. 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1843923505
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843923503
  • Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 15.2 x 22.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 910,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Hilary Kinnell worked with sex workers for 20 years, running an outreach project in Birmingham from 1987 to 1996, and from 1998 to 2004. She was also the co-ordinator of the UK Network of Sex Work Projects.

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5.0 out of 5 starsMore please
By Ian on 23 Sept. 2010
Format: Paperback
Had Hilary Kinnell, a former national co-ordinator of the UK Network of Sex Work Projects, gone 'OMG, sex work is Wrong', she'd be getting rather more five star reviews. But in the other review currently on Amazon, we can see one of the problems faced by those researchers and academics who - gasp - believe that the voices of sex workers who say they are not abused or otherwise exploited should be listened to.

There is a group (and 'radical feminists' is their own self-labelling, to the horror of many feminists who do not share their prejudices) who have decided that, because they would not personally be sexual for money, no-one else should be allowed to. The rest flows from there: anything is justifiable in trying to stop people choosing to do so. And yes, denying sex workers agency, saying that no-one would ever choose to do the work and claiming that anyone who says otherwise is mad, bad or dangerous to know, absolutely contributes to the atmosphere that makes some think that it's ok to physically assault sex workers.

The book is a wonderful response. Read it.
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1.0 out of 5 starsSeriously biased and problematic
By simon tether on 16 Jun. 2010
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This is a very disappointing book that goes out of its way to argue in favour of legalising prostitution. To do that, the author ignores evidence and wilfully misinterprets suggestions by serious researchers in the field, such as Sheila Jeffries. For example, I cannot see why it matters whether Peter Sutcliffe saw himself as a punter or not. The point is that he attacked and killed women, sex workers among them. Nor can I see how radical feminism - a term Kinnell uses very loosely to refer to any feminists who disagree with her - can be made responsible for violence against women and sex workers in particular. Her assertions do not make any sense. The author does not seem to be aware of the work of Roger Matthews or of Victor Malarek - both of whom have made seminal contributions in the field. Above all, she refuses to acknowledge the obvious link between the idea that women can be bought like commodities and that they can be assaulted. Both attitudes come from the same, misogynist view of women and feed each other. While not every punter is violent in a direct, explicit sense, by treating a woman as goods, he is assaulting her morally, as a human being, and there is only a small step to the point where he can justify his physical abuse of her. Kinnell's refusal to acknowledge that makes the whole book not just seriously flawed but worryingly dangerous.
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