Work, Money and Duality: Trading Sex as a Side Hustle

by Raven Bowen

Winner of the British Society of Criminology Annual Book Prize 2022. As the labour market continues to exploit workers by offering precarious, low-paid and temporary jobs, for some duality offers much-needed flexibility and staves off poverty. Based on extensive empirical work, this book illustrates contemporary accounts of individuals taking extraordinary risks to hold jobs in both sex industries and non-sex work employment. It also opens a dialogue about how sex industries are stratified in the UK in terms of race and culture against the backdrop of Brexit. Debunking stereotypes of sex workers and challenging our stigmatisation of them, this book makes an invaluable contribution to discourses about work, society and future policy.

194 pages, Paperback

Published June 16, 2021

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really valuable insight into those who are supplementing their primary income with the sex industry. Incredibly well researched, compassionate and informative. An amazing read.