Prostitution and Pornography: Philosophical Debate About the Sex Industry

by Jessica Spector (Editor)

Prostitution and Pornography examines debates about the sex industry and the adequacy of the liberal response to critiques of the sex industry. The anthology focuses particularly on the very different ways prostitution and pornography are treated. Unlike other books that deal with the sex industry, this volume brings together academics and industry veterans and survivors to discuss the ways prostitution, pornography, and other forms of commercial sex are treated, and to ask questions about the role that ideas about the self, personal identity, and freedom play in our attitudes about the sex industry.

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

448 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2006

Reviews

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Police, Academia, the Political establishment. All leeches. All ready to exploit the suffering of others for their own petty gains. And it pays, as they are all living way better than the people in the sex industry.

[JW Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought provoking -- Spector has put together a collection of articles that's given me a lot to think about. I'm not sure I've changed my mind on the big picture questions, but I think I know what I believe what I do now. That matters to me. Reading about the experiences of people alongside professors talking about different arguments for things helped me figure out what I think and why.

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good overview of the subject without any bias one way or the other. It doesn’t have anything on the internet, which would be nice. But there is a wide range of viewpoints covered