Sex work advocacy in Aotearoa New Zealand: Advocates’ perspectives on effecting positive change: A research report presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Social Work at Massey University, Manawatu, Aotearoa New Zealand [PDF]
, 2015 Aotearoa New Zealand is in a unique position, being the only country to implement a model of full decriminalisation of sex work. This research explores the perspectives of sex work advocates on how they perceive their roles and the part they play in ...
Sheehan, Kim
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Sex Work Criminalization Is Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2017 There is a notable shift toward more repression and criminalization in sex work policies, in Europe and elsewhere. So-called neo-abolitionism reduces sex work to trafficking, with increased policing and persecution as a result. Punitive “demand reduction”
I. Vanwesenbeeck
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Sex Work and Social Media: Policy, Identity, and Privacy in Networked Publics and Counterpublics
Lateral, 2019 Using the online practices of sex workers as a focal point, this project examines how the public/private dichotomy is governed and complicated within Social Networking Sites (SNS).
S L Nelson
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Every Little Thing He Does: Entrepreneurship and Appropriation in the "Magic Mike" Series
Lateral, 2017 This essay analyses the theatricalized performance of stripping in the popular films Magic Mike (2013; dir. Steven Soderbergh) and its sequel, Magic Mike XXL (2015; dir. Gregory Jacobs).
Broderick Chow
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The price of sex: condom use and the determinants of the price of sex among female sex workers in eastern zimbabwe. [PDF]
, 2014 Background. Higher prices for unprotected sex threaten the high levels of condom use that contributed to the decline in Zimbabwe's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic.
Elmes, J +6 more
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Stigma, violence and HIV vulnerability among transgender persons in sex work in Maharashtra, India
Culture, Health and Sexuality, 2017 Among marginalised groups in India, HIV prevalence is highest among transgender persons; however, little is known about their HIV vulnerability. This study describes transgender sex workers’ experiences of stigma and violence, a key driver of the HIV ...
D. Ganju, N. Saggurti
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A response to the sex work debate [PDF]
, 2010 With trade unions and feminists divided over the question of how to understand sex work in terms of women’s oppression and whether to relate to sex workers when they organise, it is timely that International Socialism has opened up this debate.
Dale, G, Whittaker, X
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Forced Migration Review, 2010 Sex work is an indisputable reality in humanitarian settings. UNHCR and UNFPA have demonstrated the importance of multisectoral interventions to address HIV in sex ...
Marian Schilperoord +5 more
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American Journal of Men's Health, 2018 Men sex workers in Vancouver have largely transitioned from street to online solicitation coinciding with losing “Boystown,” the main outdoor sex work stroll for men.
E. Argento +6 more
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An Ethnographic Analysis of Escort Services in Poland: An Interactionist Approach
Qualitative 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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