General
Weitzer: Prostitution - Facts and
fictions. Contexts 2007 (pdf)
Weitzer. The sociology of
sex work. Ann Rev Sociol 2009 (abstract)
Weitzer:
The mythology of prostitution Sex Res Soc Pol 2010 (pdf)
Jane Pritchard. The sex work debate. International Socialism 2010
International Law and Human Rights
Loff, Gaze, Fairley: Prostitution,
public health, and human rights law. Lancet 2000 (pdf)
Wolffers and van Beelen:
Public health and the human rights of sex workers. Lancet 2003 (pdf)
(see also Philosophy)
Wendy
McElroy. Prostitutes, Feminists, and Economic Associates
Annette Jolin:
On the backs of working prostitutes - Feminist theory and prostitution policy. Crime and Delinquency
1994 (pdf)
Sarah Bromberg: Feminist issues in
prostitution, 1997
Sloan and Wahab:
Feminist voices on sex work - implications for social work. Affilia
2000 (pdf)
Kari Kesler: Is a feminist stance in support of prostitution possible? Sexualities 2002 (abstract)
Hilary Kinnell: Why feminists should rethink on sex workers'
rights. 2002 (pdf)
Julia O'Connell Davidson: The rights and wrongs of prostitution. Hypatia 2002 (abstract)
Jane Scoular: The subject of prostitution
in feminist theory. FemTheor 2004 (abstract)
Laurie Shrage. Feminist
Perspectives on Sex Markets. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2007
See also Philosophy
Kate Morris: The Harlot's Curse: Feminism and Prostitution. Fringe 8
2007
Diversity
Harcourt and
Donovan: The many faces of sex work. STI 2005
Agustin: The cultural study of
commercial sex. Sexualities 2005 (pdf)
Cultural study of commercial
sex. Sexualities 2005
(Special issue)
Political Science
Political
Theory
Helen Ward: Marxism versus moralism. Permanent Revolution 2007 (pdf)
Jo
Phoenix: Governing Prostitution: New Formations, Old Agendas. Can JLS 2007 (Abstract)
Elizabeth Bernstein: Sex work for
the middle classes. Sexualities Oct 2007 (abstract)
Media
Selling the sex the middle class way. Sunday Times Jan 22 2006
How did the oldest profession become a career choice for middle-class
girls? Daily Mail Sept 27 2010
Middle Class Girls Aren’t Prostitutes. Trespass Sept 30 2010
The middle-class women who charge for sex. Irish Independent Oct 16 2010
Video
Social Change
*Migration,
Trafficking and Tourism
Alyson Brown: Twentieth
century constructions of child prostitution. Child Soc
2004 (pdf)
Devon
Brewer: Prostitution and the sex discrepency in reported
number of sexual partners PNAS 2000
Campbell and Storr: Challenging the kerb crawler rehabilitation programme.
Fem Rev 2001 (pdf)
Groom and Nandwani: Characteristics of men who
pay for sex. STI 2006 (pdf)
Sanders: Prostitution today. Punishing the punters. THES June 2007 (Word)
Sanders:
Male sexual scripts - The purchase of commercial sex Sociology 2008 (pdf)
See also:
Teela Sanders: The politics of sexuality -
commercial sex and disability. Disab Soc 2007 (abstract)
Touching Base (Sex Workers and
Disability, NSW Australia)
Defence mechanisms and
coping strategies
Teela Sanders. Controllable
laughter - managing sex work through humour.
Sociology 2004 (pdf)
Sanders: 'Its's just acting' - sex workers' strategies. GWO
2005 (abstract)
Philosophy, Morality and
Ethics
(see also Feminism)
Lars Ericsson: Charges against prostitution. Ethics 1980 (pdf)
Carole Pateman:
Defending prostitution - Charges against Ericsson. Ethics 1983 (pdf)
Karen Green: Prostitution,
exploitation and taboo. Philosophy 1989 (pdf)
Laurie Shrage. Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution. Ethics 1989 (abstract)
Christine Overall: What's wrong with
prostitution? Evaluating sex work. Signs 1992 (pdf)
Commentary. L Shrage Signs 1994
Debra Satz:
Markets in women's sexual labor. Ethics 1995 (pdf)
Laurie Shrage.
Prostitution and the Case for Decriminalization.
Dissent 1996 (abstract)
Philosophy Talk: Debra Satz debates prostitution with Ken Taylor and John Perry,
May 17 2005 (audio)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(Laurie Shrage): Feminist perspectives on sex markets
2007
Laurie Shrage: How
queer is sex work? (on line course)
Laura Agustin: Helping women who sell sex. Rhizomes
2005
Ronald Weitzer: Moral crusade against prostitution. Society 2006 (pdf)
Ethics
Sex Worker's Rights and Media Ethics
*Health and Wellbeing
Dalla: Streetwalking prostitute's interpersonal support networks. J Fam Iss 2001 (abstract)
Lisa Kramer: A survival analysis of timing of entry
into prostitution. Sociol Inq
2003 (pdf)
Richard Simper: The economics of
prostitution
(See also: Canada)
Matthew Greenall. Sex Work and Economics: A rapid annotated
bibliography. September 2008 (pdf)
Edlund and Korn:
A theory of prostitution. J Pol Econ 2002 (pdf)
Levitt and Vankatesh:
An empirical analysis of street level prostitution. (Preliminary) 2007 (pdf)
Hafer & Farmer: Affluent, Educated
Women May Choose Sexual Prostitution. News Release May 12 2011
Meadowcroft J (ed.) Prohibitions. IEA 2008
(Download pdf from this site, pp 178-197)
Media
The Economics Of
Prostitution. Forbes Feb 14 2006
Selling sex. Economist Jan 27 2008
Sudhir Venkatesh:
Do high-end sex workers have it easier? NY Times March 18 2008
Venkatesh: Sex trade economics. NPR March 15 2008 (audio file)
Organisation and Work
History
Organisation
Jackie West: Prostitution -
Collectives and the politics of regulation. GWO 2000 (abstract)
Dan Gallin: The international sex workers' movement. Global Labour Institute 2004
Ronald Weitzer:
Prostitution as a form of work. Sociology Compass 2007 (abstract)
Gregor Gall:
Sex worker unionisation. Industrial Rel J 2007 (pdf)
Sudhir Venkatesh. How Tech Tools Transformed New York's Sex Trade.
Wired Jan 31 2011
CAASE: Wired and Venkatesh
Perpetuate Prostitution Myths . Feb 7
Tracy Clark-Flory. How technology is actually
changing sex work. Salon Feb 12 2011
Dalla: Qualitative investigation of
street-level sex work. Psych Women Q 2002 (abstract)
Williamson. Understanding the
experiences of street level prostitutes. Qual Soc Work 2003 (pdf)
Sloss: When street workers are
mothers. Arch Sex Behav 2004 (pdf)
Center for Problem-Oriented
Policing: Street Prostitution. 2006
Julia O’Connell
Davidson. The anatomy of ‘free choice’ prostitution. GWO 1995 (abstract)
Ann Lucas: Elite prostitutes'
vocational orientations and experiences. Dev Behav 2005 (abstract)
Tamara O'Doherty:
Off-street commercial sex. Thesis June 2007 (pdf)
Press release
Reactions
Off-street sex workers less
likely to face violence: Vancouver Sun, June 17 2007 (Word)
Brigid Agresti.
E-Prostitution: Content analysis of internet escort websites. MA Thesis 2009 (pdf)
Kate Gleeson: Bludging
sex - What's wrong with the pimp? 2004 (pdf)
Raphael and Myers-Powell: Interviews
with 5 ex-pimps in Chicago. De Paul University April 2009 (pdf)
Elisabeth Wood: Working in the
fantasy factory. J Contemp Ethnog
2000 (pdf)
Julie Bindel: Lap dancing in the
UK 2004 (pdf)
Behind Closed Doors: An analysis of indoor sex work in NY City. Urban Justice
Centre 2005 (pdf)
Esther Bott:
Migrant British women producing 'selves' through lap dancing work. Fem Rev 2006
(pdf)
Katherine Frank: Thinking critically about strip club research.
Sexualities Oct 2007 (abstract)
Brooke Magnanti:
The impact of adult entertainment on rape statistics in Camden:a re-analysis.
2011
Rachela Colosi
The Changing Room. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) 2009 p.
77 (abstract, pdf)
Lap-dancing: Leisure or Sex Encounter?
Leeds University Project. Sanders and Hardy: The Regulatory Dance
Media
Thinking
Allowed. BBC July 2010
Media
Jennifer
Abel: Selling sex with a smile. Guardian Oct 29 2009
One in
four lap dancers has a degree, study finds .
Independent August 27 2010
Jennifer Abel: The latter-day
'scarlet letter' of sex work. Guardian Oct 11
Student by day ... lap-dancer by night. Guardian Feb 15 2011
Communication and marketing
Sudhir Venkatesh. Five myths about prostitution. Washington Post
Sept 12 2010
Commentary
Naomi Wolff. The Porn Myth. NY Magazine Oct 20 2003
Research
Chauntelle
Anne Tibbals. Sex Work, Office Work: Women Working
Behind the Scenes in the
US
Adult Film IndustryGWO 2011 (pdf)
The sunny side of smut. Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American July 22, 2011
Phil Hubbard: Cleansing the
metropolis. Urb Stud 2004 (abstract)
Tracey Sagar:
Street Watch: concept and practice. Br J Crim 2005 (abstract)
Mark Bellis:
Comparative views on managed zones. Health & Place 2007 (abstract)
O'Neill et al. Living
with the other. Crime Media Culture 2008 (abstract)
(see also: United Kingdom)
Sex Worker Panel at International Conference on
Prostitution
(Photo courtesy of Norma Jean Almodovar)
Prostitute's
Education Network
Charter of Rights Amsterdam
1985
Professional Training and Peer Education
Fenarete Project: Professional training
for peer educators
Sex Work Awareness: Media
Training 2009 (pdf)
Support and Advice for Escorts
How to Become a Sex Industry
Professional Whether You're a Woman or a Man. Lifestyle 2007
Amanda Brooks: The Internet Escort's Handbook.
Golden Girl Press 2007
Clarkson. History of Prostitution. CMAJ
1939 (pdf)
Brundage: Prostitution in medieval canon law. Signs 1976 (pdf)
Prostitution in the Middle Ages (Decameron Web)
Julia Anne Laite:
Prostitution in
Belinda Brooks-Gordon's concise history of prostitution (video)
Intimacy, Relationships and Sexuality
Realising sexual rights. IDS 2005 (pdf)
Rachel Johnson: How far would you go? Times Dec 2 2007
Andrea Dworkin
Prostitution and Male
Supremacy 1992
Janice Raymond
Introduction (The case against the
legalization of prostitution) Violence Against Women
2004 (pdf)
10 reasons for not legalizing
prostitution. 2003
Helen
Self: A response to Janice Raymond. 2007 (Word)
Melissa Farley
Prostitution Research and
Education
Prostitution in Five Countries: Violence and
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Fem Psychol 1998
Dr Paul de Wet: Analysis
of Farley's PTSD thesis - affidavit 2002 (pdf)
Criminology
and legal theory
Sylvia Law: Commercial Sex- Beyond decriminalization. S Cal Law Rev
2000 (pdf)
(see
also: Canada -Beyond decriminalisation. Pivot 2006)
Ekow Yankah.
An (In)decent Proposition: Prostitution, Immorality
and Decriminalization 2010 (pdf)
Social
theory
David Garland. On the concept of
moral panic. Crime Media Culture 2008 (abstract)
Sex work in Education[1]
(see
also Stripping and Dancing)
Media
Students
on the game. THE July 18 1997
Could poverty lead students to
prostitution and drug dealing? Independent June 4 1998
2001
Hard-up students 'turn to vice'.
BBC April 29 2001
2004
Student Life: The oldest
profession. Vivid (Romania)
Sex
work more attractive option for students. ABC April 2
2006
Female students turn to
prostitution to pay fees. Times Oct 8
2007
Escort
agencies luring students into prostitution to pay for college. Independent (Ireland) Sept 18
The students selling their brains and bodies for
cash. Varsity News October 6
Cambridge students 'work as
prostitutes' Telegraph Oct 10
2008
Tales of student prostitutes shock
France. Guardian Jan 21
Selling
sex to study. Times Feb 19
Life
as a student prostitute. BBC April
2009
Student
web prostitution “not unusual”. Bangkok Post Jan 31
Rising costs strain NUS students.
UPIU (Singapore) Jan 12
Laura D: The student who became a
prostitute. Sunday Times March 17
Varsity Students Besiege Lagos
For Prostitution. Online Nigeria April 15
Students
Fight Prostitution in Ukraine. Spiegel July 30
The
other belles de nos jours. Sunday Times November 22
2010
Lizzy Hill: The Student Body. The
Coast Sept 2
Students selling sex to fund
studies. Scotsman Dec 16
Research
Ron Roberts: Mental physical
health in students Br J Health Psych 2000 (abstract)
Sarah Lantz. Sex Work &
Study. Traffic 2004 (abstract)
(html)
Roberts et al. Sex work and students: an
exploratory study. J Furth High Educ 2007 (abstract)
Cusick et al. Higher education policies
on commercial sex JHEPM 2009 (abstract)
Roberts et al. Participation in
sex work: Students' views. Sex Education 2010 (abstract)
Media
Students working in sex trade
increases over 10 years. BBC March 16th 2010
Students share their experiences
of sex trade. BBC March 16
Debate sheds light on students in sex work. Straights Times April 29
2010
Prostitution among students: an international
comparison 2011
Media
Sex-Job neben Uni für viele Studierende vorstellbar.
Rockefeller News May 17
Studentenjob: Prostitutierte. Süddeutschen Zeitung May
18
Red lights aflame as European students opt for sex
work. Deutsche Welle May 20
Nebenjob: Callboy. Unispiegel July 11
Commentary
Elena Pinnen: Student Prostitution Rates Shock Germany July 2
2011
Commentary
Laura Agustin: Student sex workers Dec 17
2009
Representation
of Sex Work in the Arts
Francesca Clare Rayner: Prostitution as theatrical metaphor (pdf)
(PhD Thesis Universidade do
Minho 2004. Chapter 6)
Other Related Feminist Literature
Feminism
Thomas: The double standard. J Hist Ideas 1959
Hall: Hauling down the
double standard. Gend Hist
2004
Australian
Institute of Criminology (AIC)
Hatty: Women, dependence and the law.
1991
Hatty, Davis & Burke: No exit - violence, gender and the streets. 1994
Elias: Paradigms and paradoxes of victimology. 1996
Green and Pearce: The criminalisation of women. 2002
Sheila Duncan: Towards a theory of
sexuality and the law. Fem Leg Stud 1994 (pdf)
Finally, women can pay for sex too! Salon November 17 2005
I pay a
man for regular sex. Times December 5 2007
Dal film alla
realtà: donne
mature alla ricerca di sesso a pagamento. Corriere della Sera Oct 5 2008
Tempted to hire a male escort. Sunday Times May 17 2008
Women who
pay for sex BBC February 2009
Paying for sex: The services of a male escort. BBC Women's Hour March 3 2009 (audio)
Tyra Banks: Would you
hire a male escort? December 8 2009
Monica
Shores. Why Would a Woman Pay for Sex? AlterNet April 19 2010
Why women
are starting to pay for sex. May 10 2010
Can a
woman pay for sex? Health Guidance
Laura Reanda. Prostitution as a human rights
question HRQ 1991 (abstract)
Anne Gallagher: Violence against
women and women's human rights. AIC 2002
Religion
Vincent
M. Dever. Aquinas on the Practice
of Prostitution. Essays in Mediaeval Studies 1996