Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry

by PriscillaAlexander (Editor), Frederique Delacoste (Editor)

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  1988

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  The authors of this book are the experts - street prostitutes, exotic dancers, nude models, escorts, porn actresses and workers in massage parlours - and they testify to the realities of sex work. They describe feeling totally in control, totally victimized and everything in between; their words are at times pained and poetic, at others, gritty and raw. These first-person accounts are accompanied by analytical articles, and documents about collective organizing by sex workers. It is a mix of personal statements, short stories, political essays, poetry and historical research, as well as the polemic The Continuing Saga of Scarlot Harlot . It highlights the laws which legalize entrapment and a double standard that views the serial murders of prostitutes as non-crimes, not worthy of investigation. Frederique Delacoste is the co-publisher of Cleis Press and co-edited Fight Back! Feminist Resistance to Male Violence . Priscilla Alexander is co-director of COYOTE and executive director of the National Task Force on Prostitution.