Getting screwed : sex workers and the law /
Alison Bass.
- xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue The "Friendliest" Brothel in Manhattan -- The Madonna-Whore Divide -- The Modern Sex Workers' Rights Movement -- Sex Work Goes Online and Indoors -- Why Women and Men Do Sex Work: Variations on a Theme -- The Truth about Sex Trafficking -- From Bad Laws to Bad Cops and Violence against Women -- Busted in Sin City: Nevada's Two-Faced Approach to Sex Work -- Misguided Laws and Misuse of Resources -- The Rhode Island Story -- Sex Work Overseas: Prohibition in Sweden versus Legalization in New Zealand and the Netherlands -- Canada's Public Health Experiment -- California: Epicenter of the Sex Workers' Rights Movement -- A Saner Approach to Prostitution -- Epilogue Silent No More