Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work

Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work

Recent years have seen a panic over â€œonline red-lightÂ districts," which supposedly seduce vulnerable youngÂ women into a life of degradation, and New YorkÂ Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's live tweeting of aÂ Cambodian brothel raid. But rarely do these fearful,Â salacious dispatches come from sex workers themselves,Â and rarely do they deviate from the positionÂ that sex workers must be rescued from their condition,Â and the industry simply abolished - a positionÂ common among feminists and conservatives alike.

In Playing the Whore, journalist Melissa Gira GrantÂ turns these pieties on their head, arguing for anÂ overhaul in the way we think about sex work. BasedÂ on ten years of writing and reporting on the sexÂ trade, and grounded in her experience as an organizer,Â advocate, and former sex worker, Playing theÂ Whore dismantles pervasive myths about sex work,Â criticizes both conditions within the sex industryÂ and its criminalization, and argues that separatingÂ sex work from the â€œlegitimate" economy only harmsÂ those who perform sexual labor.Â In Playing the Whore, sex workers' demands, too longÂ relegated to the margins, take center stage: sex work iswork, and sex workers' rights are human rights.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 75200
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2014-03-11
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884352113409
EANs 9781781683231

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