Getting Screwed
2015-12-19T23:02:18-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvODUwXC8yMDE1MTIxOTIzMDUzNjAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Alison Bass talked about her book Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law, in which she looks at sex workers and their interactions with the law. Professor Bass argued that current laws hurt sex workers, clients, and society at large and said that it was time for prostitution to be decriminalized. She also talked about the history of sex workers in the U.S., the rise in the number of middle-class white women becoming sex workers, and the health of the industry worldwide.
Alison Bass talked about her book Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law, in which she looks at sex workers and their interactions with th… read more
Alison Bass talked about her book Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law, in which she looks at sex workers and their interactions with the law. Professor Bass argued that current laws hurt sex workers, clients, and society at large and said that it was time for prostitution to be decriminalized. She also talked about the history of sex workers in the U.S., the rise in the number of middle-class white women becoming sex workers, and the health of the industry worldwide. close
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