Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Sex at the Margins By Laura María Agustín

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Title:Sex at the Margins
Author:Laura María Agustín
Format:Paperback
Page:248 pages
ISBN:1842778609

This groundbreaking work explodes several myths that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims, and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self interest.Laura Agust n makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label trafficked does not accurately describe mi This groundbreaking work explodes several myths that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims, and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self interest.Laura Agust n makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label trafficked does not accurately describe migrants lives and that the rescue industry disempowers them Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radical analysis Frequently, says Agust n, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry Although they are treated as a marginalised group, they form part of the dynamic global economy.Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice from the back cover


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I write about people who travel and cross borders to work lots of them without permission or with fake papers Women who work as live in maids or sell sex, men who wash dishes, pick fruit or sell sex Border crossers, undocumented migrants, folks who have paid smugglers to get somewhere new In the media this is usually positioned as hideous trafficking, and all jobs in the sex industry as a fat I write about people who travel and cross borders to work lots of them without permission or with fake papers Women who work as live in maids or sell sex, men who wash dishes, pick fruit or sell sex Border crossers, undocumented migrants, folks who have paid smugglers to get somewhere new In the media this is usually positioned as hideous trafficking, and all jobs in the sex industry as a fate worse than death It s true, some women would rather die than be sex workers, but guess what Others would rather die than be maids In my writing I don t generalise You need a whole lot of information before it s okay to stick labels on people.Sex at the Margins Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry lay the non victimising groundwork in 2007 and continues to be read and highly relevant I wish the publisher did not set the price so high.Connect on facebook



thumbnailTitle: Sex at the Margins
Posted by:Laura María Agustín
Published :2016-03-13T15:42+01:00
This groundbreaking work explodes several myths that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are p
Sex at the Margins
248 pagesLaura María Agustín

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