Debating Sex Work

by Jessica Flanigan and Lori Watson

Book Overview

Prostitution is often referred to as "oldest profession." Critics of this expression redescribe it as "the oldest oppression." Debates about how best to understand and regulate prostitution are bound up with difficult moral, legal, and political questions. Indeed, it can be approached from numerous angles--is buying and selling sex fundamentally wrong? How can it possibly be regulated? How can sex workers be protected, if they are allowed to work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190659890
• ISBN13: 9780190659899
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"