Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Molly Smith, Juno Mac
15 reviews
kirstenf's review
4.75
Minor: Sexual content, Transphobia, Murder, Police brutality, Classism, Racism, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Addiction, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Domestic abuse
sedgewren's review
4.75
This book clarified my views and helped me think through my intersectional feminist politics and applying it to the controversial topic of sex work — the combination of thorough research and compelling anecdotes provided a compelling argument for decriminalisation of sex work (this leading to sex work being regulated just like the rest of the labour market). We should be centering the experiences of sex workers when talking about regulating sex work, and criminalisation does not lead to abolition.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to any feminists who are unsure what to think about prostitution, and also to any policymakers who want to help alleviate the suffering and difficulties of the most marginalised in our society.
Minor: Drug use, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Drug abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual assault, and Racism
kshertz's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Violence, Addiction, Transphobia, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Racism
aiyam's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Deportation
savannahjlane's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Rape
tuesday_evening's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Sexism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Deportation
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Gaslighting
probablyalice's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
alexcribbs's review
4.5
Arguments introduced would elicit a knee-jerk reaction from me, only to be so thoroughly explained and supported, I continually, consciously changed my views I didn’t even realize I had.
What an important read. So grateful to have read it.
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking
catherinedsharp's review
3.5
The writing style was quite dense and academic so although this is to be expected for a piece of non - fiction, it was quite inaccessible in my opinion. Additionally there was a lot on what is happening that does not help sex workers and very little in comparison on what would help.
Despite this I found it a very interesting read! Despite the slow pace, I was always reading more and enjoyed learning about an area that I don’t know much about. There was lots of data and references to further information.
Overall I enjoyed this text although I found it difficult to read at times which has brought the rating down.
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Alcoholism, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
n_t_sh_'s review against another edition
5.0
An emotionally challenging read. Not just because of the awful treatment towards sex workers' but also the vitriol from others (mostly not sex workers') who feel their opinion is more important than asking the demographic being addressed, in this case sex workers', what they feel they need.
I did also find the different political terminology a challenge but very well explained by the authors.
There are some ideas in here that I find a bit frustrating, because they seem too big to achieve but that is not the fault of the authors', but the fault of the law and society at large.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Rape