Think Again: Prostitution
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-19-2014
ISSN
00157228
Publisher
Slate Group, LLC
Language
en-US
Abstract
Prostitution may be the world's oldest profession, but there is still little agreement on the social and moral legitimacy of commercial sex. There are, of course, those who consider sex sacred and its sale a sin, and there are libertarians who are willing to accept nearly any degree of sexual freedom. But plenty of people have views that lie somewhere in between, and they are fighting over the fairness, regulation, and even the precise definition of what advocates and practitioners increasingly refer to as 'sex work.' As research and experience show, change is essential for the rights of sex workers -- the very thing abolitionists claim they wish to protect. Sex workers deserve not only the right to choose how they make a living, but also the right to be free from the fear, mistreatment, and -- at the root of it all -- misconceptions that have long plagued their industry.
Recommended Citation
Aziza Ahmed,
Think Again: Prostitution
,
in
204
Foreign Policy
74
(2014).
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