The authors have studied the prostitution market of Oslo for over ten years. Their research has involved extensive interviews with participants, observation of Oslo's prostitution district, personal interaction with prostitute women, and analysis of city police records. They conclude that prostitution is embedded in the gender relations of an economically stratified society and that those who experience prostitution over an extended period of time suffer deep emotional damage.
Nowhere else have we seen the violation that prostitution is to women so fully and sensitively revealed. The unavoidable conclusion of this work is that we must challenge every social condition that gives men license to use women in these ways. Few studies ever present this much data on the backgrounds, strategies, and life-styles of customers and pimps.
She has written various books and articles about prostitution, prisons, drug abuse, treatment programs, and social work. Subscribe to our mailing list and be notified about new titles, journals and catalogs.
It allows the individuals who participate in itβprostitutes, pimps, and those who buy sexual servicesβto tell their own stories in their own words. Women, for example, explain why they become prostitutes and how they experience the daily sequence of "tricks. Pimps describe how they see themselves and the prostitutes upon whom they depend. Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list and be notified about new titles, journals and catalogs.
