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Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Molly Smith, Juno Mac
10 reviews
slowsho's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Deportation
happy_birthday's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
beansandrice's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Lesbophobia
This book is a thousand things, but at its foundations it's a book about the terrible things that happen to sex workers. It treats all graphic content with the respect and dignity it deserves, and discusses this heavy reality as a way to build to a more liberatory politics. That said, it's still a heavy read.kirstenf's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Murder, and Classism
sedgewren's review against another edition
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: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Deportation
tuesday_evening's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deportation
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Gaslighting
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: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
georgiam06's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia
susannaobrien's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Murder
Minor: Abortion
tieflingkisser's review
5.0
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Trafficking, and Kidnapping