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Understanding the Diversity of People in Sex Work: Views from Leaders in Sex Worker Organizations

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2023
Criminal laws in Canada and many other countries are currently premised on the assumption of homogeneity, that is, people in sex work are cis women and girls who are being sexually exploited/sex trafficked.
Andrea Mellor, Cecilia Benoit
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An Ethnographic Analysis of Escort Services in Poland: An Interactionist Approach

open access: yesQualitative Sociology Review, 2020
In the Polish literature on the subject, prostitution is analyzed from various theoretical perspectives, but, first of all, from the perspective of social pathology.
Izabela Ślęzak
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Sex Workers’ Access to Police Assistance in Safety Emergencies and Means of Escape from Situations of Violence and Confinement under an “End Demand” Criminalization Model: A Five City Study in Canada

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
There is limited available evidence on sex workers (SW) ability to access police protection or means of escaping situations of violence and confinement under an “end demand” criminalization model.
Anna-Louise Crago   +3 more
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SEX WORK IN GERMANY – PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
openGermany de facto legalized sex work in 2002, which was followed by the introduction of extensive industry-specific regulations on the commercial sex trade in 2017.
TOLNAI, CSILLA VERONIKA
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Children of same-sex couples in the United Kingdom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
To further develop an understanding of psychological and social functioning of children raised by lesbian couples, the current investigation compared 18 students ages 12 through 16 raised in families led by female same-sex couples who were identified ...
Rivers, I, Noret, N, Poteat, V P
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Making links between sex work, gender and victimisation: The politics and pedagogies of John Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article will explore the links between sex work, gender and victimisation. It will draw on the literature on victims and victimology as well as the literature on sex work to explore the ways in which sex work, gender and victimisation are presented ...
Cook, Ian
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Attitudes towards sex workers: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among German healthcare providers

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundWorldwide, sex workers face stigmatization and discrimination, also within healthcare. Only few studies on healthcare providers’ attitudes towards care of sex workers have been performed.
Benedikt P. Langenbach   +8 more
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Diversion Programs for Women Involved in Commercial Sex: A Comparison of Sex-Trafficked and Non-Trafficked Individuals

open access: yesSocial Sciences
Diversion programs are increasingly used as alternatives to criminal penalties for women involved in commercial sex, yet limited research has examined how such programs support behavior change across diverse subgroups, particularly between sex-trafficked
Noam Haviv, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz
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Mulheres (in)visíveis: prostituição, trabalho e migrações nas ruas de Lisboa

open access: yese-cadernos ces, 2021
Individuals engaged in street prostitution constitute one of the most precarious sectors of modern societies (Mac and Smith, 2018), where migrant women face increased difficulties related to their vulnerable position, resulting from the overlay of ...
Rebeca Amorim Csalog
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The Work of Sex Work

open access: yes, 2020
Abstract This chapter analyses the legal treatment of sex work, and specifically prostitution, from the perspective of Marxist feminism. Here, the work of sex work must be understood in its wider structural context of gendered and racialized capitalism. The chapter argues that sex work should be understood as work.
openaire   +2 more sources

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