Prostitution : What's The Harm? /

Subjects: “…Prostitution Social aspects.…”
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Prostitution : prevention and reform in England, 1860-1914 / by Bartley, Paula

Table of Contents: “…From sinners to Cinderellas : the reform of prostitutes -- pt. II. Prevention is better than cure : Ladies' Associations for the Care of Friendless Girls -- pt. …”
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The politics of prostitution : women's movements, democratic states, and the globalisation of sex commerce /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : prostitution, women's movements and democratic politics / Joyce Outshoorn -- The women's movement and prostitution politics in Australia / Barbara Sullivan -- Taxes, rights and regimentation : discourses on prostitution in Austria / Birgit Sauer -- Prostitution policies in Britain, 1982-2002 / Johanna Kantola and Judith Squires -- Prostitution as public nuisance : prostitution policy in Canada / Leslie Ann Jeffrey -- Towards a new prohibitionism? …”
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The Idea of Prostitution. by Jeffreys, Sheila

Table of Contents: “…-- The feminist analysis -- The prevention of prostitution -- Woman-blaming -- Pursuit of the equal moral standard: tactical limitations -- CHAPTER 2 the revolt of the johns: prostitution and the sexual revolution -- Sexology -- Constructing the sexuality of prostitution -- The history of prostitution -- Rehabilitating Victorian prostitution -- The sociology of prostitution -- Prostitution and sexual freedom -- CHAPTER 3 normalising prostitution: the prostitutes' rights movement -- Birth of the prostitutes' rights movement -- International organising -- A queer perspective -- The feminist controversy -- Hostility to feminism -- Prostitution performance art: public relations for the sex industrialists -- CHAPTER 4 homosexuality and prostitution -- Sexual minorities -- Differences between male and female prostitution -- Transsexual prostitution -- Gay male defence of pornography -- Prostitution in lesbian politics -- CHAPTER 5 prostitution as "choice" -- The idea of choice in liberal theory -- Choice as consent in prostitution -- Blaming the victim -- Sexual and reproductive liberalism and choice -- Choice and women's agency: a post-modern approach -- Victimism -- The limitations on choice -- Believing women -- Beyond choice: understanding oppression -- CHAPTER 6 just a job like any other? …”
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The prostitute and the prophet : Hosea's marriage in literary-theoretical perspective / by Sherwood, Yvonne

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: PROBLEM TEXTS AND PROBLEM PLAYS; Chapter 1 THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING PROSTITUTE: A RESPONSE TO SOME RESPONSES TO HOSEA 1.2; Chapter 2 'SIGN LANGUAGE': A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 3 DERRIDA AMONG THE PROPHETS: A DECONSTRUCTIVE READING OF HOSEA 1-3; Chapter 4 GOMER'S MARRIAGE: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF HOSEA 1-3; Conclusion: THE SENSE OF A (NON) ENDING; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.…”
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Legalizing prostitution : from illicit vice to lawful business / by Weitzer, Ronald John, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Understanding prostitution -- Indoor prostitution : what makes it special? …”
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Athenian prostitution : the business of sex / by Cohen, Edward E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Aphrodite's workers in democratic Athens -- Prostitution as a liberal profession -- (commercial) sex and the city : restrictions on prostitutes as political leaders -- "Prostitution pursuant to contract" -- Beyond legalization : laws affecting prostitutes -- Mothers and daughters in a family business -- The costs, and rewards, of sexual services.…”
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Circumscribing the prostitute : the rhetorics of intertexuality, metaphor, and gender in Jeremiah 3.1-4.4 / by Shields, Mary E.

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Prostitution Policy : Revolutionizing Practice through a Gendered Perspective. by Kuo, Lenore

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 Contextualizing the Discussion:Feminism and Policy Analysis; 2 A Sexually Charged Context, the Feminist"Sex Wars," and Prostitution Defined; 3 The Intrinsic Character of Heterosexual Activityand Prostitution; 4 Sexuality and Prostitution as Conceptual Constructs; 5 The Practice of Heterosexuality andHeterosexual Prostitution; 6 The "Ideal" Character of Heterosex/Intercourseand Prostitution; 7 Evolving a Policy--Legal Status; 8 The Feminist Debate; 9 Prostitution Solution: Policy Recommendations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.…”
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Prostitution behind the veil / by Persson, Nahid, 1960-

Subjects: “…Prostitutes Iran.…”
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Prostitution, Race and Politics : Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire. by Levine, Philippa

Table of Contents: “…PROSTITUTION, RACE, AND POLITICS Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Comparing Colonial Sites; Part I: Contagious Diseases Laws; Chapter 2 Law, Gender, and Medicine; Chapter 3 Colonial Medicine and the Project of Modernity; Chapter 4 Diplomacy, Disease, and Dissent; Chapter 5 Abolitionism Declawed; Chapter 6 Colonial Soldiers, White Women, and the First World War; Part II: Race, Sex, and Politics; Chapter 7 Prostitution, Race, and Empire; Chapter 8 The Sexual Census and the Racialization of Colonial Women.…”
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Legalized prostitution in Germany : inside the new mega brothels / by Staiger, Annegret Daniela

Table of Contents: “…Sex in the public sphere -- The decline of the red light district -- The new red light geography and changing regimes of prostitution -- Work and life at the flamingo: portraits of the girls -- Zuhälter on the brothel floor and labor discipline -- Prestige, belonging, and coercion: the gift in sex for sale -- Sex clients: at the club, on the forum, and at the pub.…”
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Prostitution Scandals in China : Policing, Media and Society. by Jeffreys, Elaine

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Prostitution, policing and the media in reform-era China; 2 Forced prostitution: China's contemporary chastity heroes; 3 Youth prostitution: China's growing sex market; 4 Male-male prostitution: China's first same-sex prostitution case; 5 Penalising buyers of sex: China's 'whoring professor' case; 6 Exposing police corruption: China's virgin prostitute cases; 7 Questioning police powers: China's prostitution parade; 8 Regulating prostitution: China's 100 Per Cent Condom Use Program; 9 Concluding remarks.…”
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Patriots, prostitutes, and spies : women and the Mexican-American War / by Belohlavek, John M.

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Prostitution and sex work / by Ditmore, Melissa Hope

Table of Contents: “…Venues -- Personnel -- Legal frameworks -- Morality, money, and prostitution prior to the criminalization of prostitution -- Red light, green light -- The wild west -- Immigration law and state legislation of morality to "protect" women -- 21st-century campaigns and laws against trafficking in persons -- From prostitutes to sex workers: a movement for rights.…”
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Regulating prostitution in China : gender and local statebuilding, 1900-1937 / by Remick, Elizabeth J., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : prostitution, gender, and the state in early twentieth-century China -- The origins of China's prostitution regulation regime -- Hangzhou : the light regulatory approach -- Guangzhou : revenue-intensive prostitution regulation -- Kunming : coercion-intensive prostitution regulation -- The jiliangsuo : prostitute rescue institutions -- Epilogue : the regulation of prostitution in the twenty-first century.…”
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Prostitution i Norden. by Ministerrådet, Nordiska

Subjects: “…Prostitution.…”
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Prostitution in the digital age : selling sex from the suite to the street / by Flowers, R. Barri (Ronald Barri)

Subjects: “…Prostitution United States.…”
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International approaches to prostitution : law and policy in Europe and Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: approaches to prostitution / Nicole Westmarland and Geetanjali Gangoli -- From the personal to the political: shifting perspectives on street prostitution in England and Wales / Nicole Westmarland -- Prostitution in France / Gill Allwood -- Prostitution in Sweden: debates and policies 1980-2004 / Yvonne Svanström -- The Republic of Moldova: prostitution and trafficking in women / Kristina Abiala -- Prostitution in India: laws, debates and responses / Geetanjali Gangoli -- Good women, bad women: prostitution in Pakistan / Fouzia Saeed -- Selling bodies/selling pleasure: the social organisation of sex work in Taiwan / Mei-Hua Chen -- Prostitution in Thailand: perceptions and realities / Alyson Brady.…”
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Prostitution in medieval society : the history of an urban institution in Languedoc / by Otis-Cour, Leah

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Approximate Money Equivalences; Introduction; Part One: Prostitution and Public Authority: An Evolution; Prologue to Part One: Toward a Chronology of Medieval Prostitution; I. …”
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Ethnography and prostitution in Peru / by Nencel, Lorraine

Table of Contents: “…Historical narrative of prostitution --…”
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China, sex, and prostitution / by Jeffreys, Elaine, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: telling tales; Changing China: changing China studies; Changing institutional categories and academic legitimacy; Feminist prostitution debates and responses; Prostitution debates and a changing China; Re-situating the Chinese response to prostitution; Policing change: changing disciplinary technologies; Conclusion: China, sex and prostitution reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking : Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania. by Dalla

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives of Women Sex Workers about Street-Level Prostitution in Botswana; 2. Adolescents' Prostitution and the Educational Prospects of the Girl-Child in Nigeria; 3. …”
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The child sex trade

Subjects: “…Child prostitution.…”
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The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity. by Budin, Stephanie Lynn

Subjects: “…Prostitution History To 1500.…”
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La Prostitution à Paris. by Richard, Emile

Table of Contents: “…Page de titre; Préface; PREMIÈRE PARTIELes maladies vénériennes, la prostitution et la réglementation; CHAPITRE PREMIERLes maladies vénériennes; I- Mouvement des maladies vénériennes à Paris; II- Nombre des vénériens; III- Augmentation du nombre des vénériens de 1877 à 1882; CHAPITRE IILa prostitution à Paris; I- État actuel; II- Définition de la prostituée; III- Des Filles soumises; IV- Des filles insoumises; CHAPITRE IIIRégime administratif auquel est soumise la prostitution; I- Règlement de la prostitution; II- De la réglementation au point de vue sanitaire.…”
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Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress. by Farley, PhD, Melissa, PhD

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface: Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress: Melissa Farley; Introduction: Hidden in Plain Sight:Clinical Observations on Prostitution: Judith Lewis Herman; Understanding Prostitution and Trafficking Organized Interpersonal Violence; Sister Oppressions: A Comparison of Wife Battering and Prostitution: Christine Stark, Carol Hodgson…”
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Getting screwed : sex workers and the law by Bass, Alison

Table of Contents: “…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.…”
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Two dollars with or without a condom

Subjects: “…Child prostitution Ethiopia.…”
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Sisters and daughters betrayed : the trafficking of women & girls and the fight to end it

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Demanding sex : critical reflections on the regulation of prostitution /

Table of Contents: “…Editors' introduction : the regulation of prostitution : contemporary contexts and comparative perspectives / Vanessa E. …”
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The economy of prostitution in the Roman world : a study of social history & the brothel / by McGinn, Thomas A. J.

Table of Contents: “…The enterprise of venal sex ; The milieu of prostitution ; Ownership of brothels ; Operation of brothels ; Prices ; Recruitment ; Prostitution and the Roman economy. -- Zoning shame. …”
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A girl's path to prostitution : linking caregiver adversity to child susceptibility / by Reid, Joan A., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Child sex trafficking in the United States -- Developing explanations of victimization in child sex trafficking -- Applying theoretical models : gendered pathways and general strain theory -- A strain-reactive pathway to victimization in child sex trafficking in prostitution -- Exploring vulnerability across multiple types of child maltreatment -- Moving forward with new strategies for prevention and intervention.…”
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The archaeology of prostitution and clandestine pursuits / by Yamin, Rebecca, 1942-, Seifert, Donna J.

Table of Contents: “…Agency and the archaeology of the unconventional -- The archaeology of prostitution in American cities -- Case studies: a brothel in New York City's most notorious neighborhood and parlor houses in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods within sight of the White House -- Brothels and prostitution in the American West -- Clandestine pursuits: public defiance of the rules -- Clandestine pursuits: private spaces -- Selling sex and keeping secrets.…”
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Prostitutes and courtesans in the ancient world /

Table of Contents: “…Marriage, divorce, and the prostitute in ancient Mesopotamia / Martha T. Roth -- Prostitution in the social world and the religious rhetoric of ancient Israel / Phyllis A. …”
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Prostitution and Victorian social reform / by McHugh, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 2. Regulating prostitution -- 3. The attack on the acts launched -- 4. …”
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Common prostitutes and ordinary citizens : commercial sex in London, 1885-1960 / by Laite, Julia

Table of Contents: “…List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Criminalizing Commercial Sex -- Selling sex: Women, Work, and Prostitution -- Buying Sex: Men and the Marketplace -- The Crusade Begins: The Criminal Law Amendment Act and London's 'Brothels' Before the First World War -- Women in Public and Public Women: Controlling Street Prostitution 1887-1914 -- 'Down on Whores' and 'Living on the Earnings': Violence, Vulnerability and the Law after 1885 -- White Slaves and Alien Prostitutes: Trafficking, Protection, and Punishment in the Early Twentieth Century -- Making War, Taking Fingerprints, and Challenging the Law: Policy Changes and Public Debates after 1914 -- Behind Closed Doors: Off-Street Commercial Sex in the Interwar Years -- Sex, War, and Syndication: Organized Prostitution and the Second World War -- The Shame of London: Prostitution and Panic in the Post-War Metropolis -- Risking the Dangers: Reconsidering Commercial Sex in 'Permissive Britain' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Policing prostitution, 1856-1886 : deviance, surveillance and morality / by Lee, Catherine (Research affiliate in History at The Open University)

Subjects: “…Prostitution England Kent History 19th century.…”
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Prostitution in the Ancient Greek World / by Kapparis, Konstantinos

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La Prostitution à Marseille : Histoire - Administration et Police - Hygiène. by Mireur, Hippolyte

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Page de titre -- Introduction -- PREMIÈRE PARTIE -- La prostitution à Marseille au point de vue historique -- CHAPITRE PREMIER -- Histoire de la prostitution à Marseille depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à la fin du XVme siècle, époque de l'apparition de la syphilis en Europe -- CHAPITRE DEUXIÈME -- Histoire de la prostitution à Marseille depuis la fin du quinzième siècle, époque de l'apparition de la syphilis en Europe, jusqu'en 1789 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- VIII -- IX -- X -- XI -- XII -- XIII -- CHAPITRE TROISIÈME -- Histoire de la prostitution à Marseille depuis 1789 jusqu'à nos jours -- Arrêté de police concernant les femmes livrées à la prostitution -- Arrêté de police relatif au traitement sanitaire des femmes livrées à la prostitution -- Instruction réglementaire sur le mode d'inscription des filles publiques et de perception de la rétribution à laquelle elles sont soumises pour frais de visite et de traitement -- DEUXIÈME PARTIE -- La prostitution à Marseille au point de vue administratif -- CHAPITRE PREMIER -- De la prostitution inscrite -- I -- De l'inscription -- II -- Des différentes classes qui composent la prostitution inscrite -- III -- De l'âge et du lieu de naissance des prostituées inscrites -- IV -- De l'état civil des filles soumises et de la position sociale de leurs familles -- V -- Du degré d'instruction des prostituées et de leurs professions -- VI -- De l'état des prostituées au point de vue de leur aptitude à la maternité -- VII -- Des différents certificats fournis par les filles publiques au moment de leur inscription. -- de leur casier judiciaire -- VIII -- Des anomalies physiques que présentent quelquefois les prostituées -- IX -- De la radiation -- X -- Des diverses pénalités applicables aux filles soumises.…”
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