Women Working: Prostitution Now

Originally published in 1982 and drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting), one of the Street Prostitutes' Campaigns in Britain, and on interviews with prostitutes and their clients, the author examines how the financial benefits are offset by the attitudes prostitutes encounter from men.

List of contents

List of Tables. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. What Happens – Some Dimensions of Contemporary Prostitution 2. Prostitutes’ Working Conditions 3. What Clients Want 4. Under the Law 5. Prostitutes’ Campaigns. Appendix I: How the Book Was Written/Methodology. Appendix II: Profile of Prostitutes and Clients Who Were Interviewed. Bibliography. Index.

Summary

Originally published in 1982 and drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting), one of the Street Prostitutes’ Campaigns in Britain, and on interviews with prostitutes and their clients, the author examines how the financial benefits are offset by the attitudes prostitutes encounter from men.

Product details

• Authors: Eileen McLeod, McLeod Eileen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032279459
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227945-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Social attitudes, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: work and labour