Previously unseen images have laid bare the lives of sex workers in the city in a University of Birmingham research project. The study will continue investigations into a photographic archive thanks to funding from the Arts ...
Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2014
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The social networking and microblogging site Tumblr announced on Monday that from December 17 it will no longer host adult content on its platform. The Washington Post reported that the policy "removes one of the last major ...
Internet
Dec 7, 2018
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In a new Ph.D. thesis from Lund University in Sweden, gender studies researcher Marco Bacio interviewed male sex workers in Sweden and Italy. What surprised him the most was that a majority of the sex workers were well-educated—and ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2023
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Most migrants working in the London sex industry do not feel they are forced to sell sex. In fact, they decide to work in the sex industry to achieve a good standard of living for themselves and their families back home. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2011
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First-hand accounts by female sex workers in Edmonton suggest policies meant to protect them from exploitation may be having opposite effect.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2019
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In the months before the pandemic, I was involved in an extensive piece of research into the sex work industry in the UK. Focusing on the main online market for sex work in the UK, AdultWork, we analyzed the profiles of more ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2021
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As university and college semesters unfold, a small but increasing percentage of students will likely also be taking on a largely under-reported and overlooked form of part-time employment: sex work.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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Sexual assault has almost as much to do with age as it does with gender, according to Penn State criminologists.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2013
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South Australia is a crucial step closer to becoming one of few places in the world to decriminalize sex work.
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2019
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The decomposed bodies of six women, four of whom were identified as sex workers, were recently discovered at a panel beating factory in Johannesburg. A 20-year-old man has been charged with six counts of murder. The case ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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