Not a choice, not a job : exposing the myths about prostitution and the global sex trade / Janice G. Raymond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raymond, Janice G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution.

Human trafficking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A generation ago, most people did not know how ubiquitous and grave human trafficking was. Now many people agree that the 35.7 billion business is an appalling violation of human rights. But when confronted with prostitution, many people experience an odd disconnect because prostitution is shrouded in myths, among them the claims that ôprostitution is inevitable,ö and ôprostitution is a job or service like any other.ö In Not a Choice, Not a Job , Janice Raymond challenges both the myths and their perpetrators. Raymond demonstrates that prostitution is not sex but sexual exploitation, and that

Contents:

Myths and mythmakers of prostitution

Prostitution on demand : the prostitution users

Prostitution nation : the state of prostitution in the Netherlands

Economic development or economic opportunism : trafficking, migration and the military-prostitution complex

Good practices for the future.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-627-8

OCLC:

879203377