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#research: Men Who Buy Sex: Who They Buy And What They Know
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / May 16, 2013This is a research study of 103 men who describe their use of trafficked and non-trafficked women in prostitution, and their awareness of coercion and violence. Authors: Melissa Farley, Julie Bindel a...
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#research: Saturated market ‘putting prostitutes at risk’ [TW]
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 12, 2013A report says that sex workers in Westminster are at greater risk of violence because of a fall in demand and an increase in those selling sex.The study by Westminster Council shows the recession has ...
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#research: Trafficked women are extremely vulnerable in UK prisons
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / February 17, 2013A University of Cambridge Study has found that trafficked women are extremely vulnerable in UK prisons. Females who have been trafficked into the UK to work as prostitutes, drug mules or domestic serv...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminist Arguments Against Industry of Prostitution
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / December 28, 2012Earlier I linked to a piece from Meghan Murphy about the decriminalisation of prostitution. Here is Finn McKay’s take. Debates over legal approaches to prostitution have been awakened once agai...
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#research: How sex work has replaced a bar job for students who struggle to bills,loans and university fees
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / December 2, 2012Undergraduates have traditionally pulled pints or waited tables to pay their way through university, but a growing body of research suggests that a significant number are now turning to sex work to ma...
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#research: Sociologist Allan Johnson notes that a society is patriarchal to the extent that it is male-dominated
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / January 27, 2011Sociologist Allan Johnson notes that a society is patriarchal to the extent that it is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centered. This doesn’t mean that all men have power over all women or t...
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