1st Edition

Women Working: Prostitution Now

By Eileen McLeod Copyright 1982
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Women who work as prostitutes are struggling against a disadvantaged position in society. The relative poverty in which many women still live in is seen as the cause for prostitution, in that sex is their most saleable commodity and can bring them substantial financial rewards. Originally published in 1982 and drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the Law on Soliciting),... Read more

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.

Biography

Eileen McLeod