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Prostitute women now

Published 2 September 2003
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Abstract

In contemporary society prostitution, for some women, offers a good enough standard of income for shorter working hours and some degree of autonomy and independence for those working for themselves. Sex work has always been an alternative form of work for women (Henriques 1962; Finnegan 1979; Walkowitz 1980; Bullough and Bullough 1987; Day 1990; Meil Hobson 1990; Roberts 1992). But sex work also brings fear, violence, criminalization, stigmatization and reduced civil liberties and rights of human dignity, as well as the risk of disease and, for some, death.

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Social Sciences