The Mythology of Prostitution
Advocacy Research and Public Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12802000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Weitzer (0000-0001-8641-4906, George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-29 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexuality Research and Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1553-6610 • E-ISSN: 1868-9884 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13178-010-0002-5 |
| OpenAlex | W2031704503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 88 |
| References cited | 51 |
Criminology · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Mythology · Oppression · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Sociology · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Public Administration · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
Beyond stereotypes
Life Interrupted
Unfreedom for All
“The Prostitution Problem”
Choices We Disagree With
Covid-19, Stigma, and the Ongoing Marginalization of Sex Workers and their Support Organizations
‘Framing figures’ and the campaign for sex purchase criminalisation in Ireland
Sex workers access to health and social care services
Introduction
Human Smuggling, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation in the Sex Industry
Gender, Migration and Categorisation
Sex Work, Immigration and Social Difference
Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman
Policing Pleasure
Perceptions of provider power among sex buyers
Revanchist Masculinity
‘Looking back, I don’t quite recognise myself’
Additional reflections on sex work stigma
Silence, mobility and ‘national values’
Trafficking in the Erotic Labor Market
Victim is such a touchy word
The Reduction of Visible Spaces of Sex Work in Europe
Morality Politics and Prostitution Policy in Brussels
Approaches to the Regulation and Governance of Prostitution in Contemporary Italy
Economies of (Alleged) Deviance
Elite Prostitution in Bulgaria
Between Emotional Politics and Biased Practices—Prostitution Policies, Social Work, and Women Selling Sexual Services in Denmark
I don’t feel studied
Sex work and modes of self-employment in the informal economy
Business Women and Exit Programs
Getting off on sex research
Re-making a Landscape of Prostitution
What’s on Sale? A Discourse Analysis of Four Distinctive Online Escort Advertisement Websites
Decriminalization of Sex Work
Transitional Housing Facilities for Women Leaving the Sex Industry
Diversity in Sex Work in India
European Morality Politics in the European Union
Independent Female Escort’s Strategies for Coping with Sex Work Related Stigma
Age is in the Eye of the Beholder
Narratives About Necessity—Constructions of Motherhood Among Drug Using Sex-Sellers in Denmark
Apps-S
Policy and Platforms
Prostitution or marriage? Evidence from the Nordic model
Mis/representation & Silence
Asking About “Prostitution”, “Sex Work” and “Transactional Sex”
Challenges and Benefits of Disclosure of Sex Work to Intimate Partners
Construction and Validation of a Scale to Assess Social Judgments Toward Sex Work from the Stereotype Content Model
Cash is King!”
Client Desires and the Price of Seduction
Ethnographier la violence dans la prostitution
I dodged the stigma bullet’
Sex workers talk about sex work
Governing sex workers through trust
Implementing ‘new’ norms? Examining ‘john school’ policies in the United States
Cocked, locked and ready to fuck?’
Rising to the Challenge
The impact of different regulatory models on the labour conditions, safety and welfare of indoor-based sex workers
I’m Just a Woman. But I’ve Never Been a Victim”
Participation in Prostitution
Morphology of brothels
Migración y trata en América del Norte
Prostitution Stigma and Its Effect on the Working Conditions, Personal Lives, and Health of Sex Workers
We're basically just naked therapists”
College Student Sex Work
Sex, Gender, and Diversity in Sex Work Research
Wear Some Thick Socks If You Walk in My Shoes”
Mobilizing Victimhood
The Relative Quality of Sex Work
Advocacy Research on Homophobia in Education
Institutional Ethics Challenges to Sex Work Researchers
Framing Sex Worker Rights
The existing tensions in the defining of human trafficking at a UK and international level
La résistance au changement de la politique en matière de prostitution au Canada
To Be Deviant or Not to Be
Risky Business
Moving Full-Speed Ahead in the Wrong Direction? A Critical Examination of US Sex-Offender Policy from a Positive Sexuality Model
Sex Work and the Politics of Space
The Celebritization of Human Trafficking
Student involvement in the UK sex industry
El movimiento para criminalizar el trabajo sexual en Estados Unidos
Researching Sex Work in the Twenty-First Century
Where's the Harm in That? Immigration Enforcement, Trafficking, and the Protection of Migrants' Rights
Prostitution, Sex Work, and Violence
Evidence or stereotype? Health inequalities and representations of sex workers in health publications in England
Our other Others
Peeling the onion
What Counts as Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation? How Legal Methods Can Improve Empirical Research
CATCH Court
Backstreets
Violence by clients towards female prostitutes in different work settings
The many faces of sex work
Violence and Legalized Brothel Prostitution in Nevada
Antecedents to Prostitution
Sex Work Research
Prostitution and Trafficking in Nine Countries
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Cultural Clash on Prostitution
Prostitution
Random Violence
Working at the Bar
Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress
Prostitution, Power and Freedom
Global Sex Workers
Sex at the Margins
Prostitution Harms Women Even if Indoors
Another Decade of Social Scientific Work on Sex Work
Running from the Rescuers
Widening the harm reduction agenda
The religious right and the reshaping of sexual policy
Debating Prostitution in Parliament
Discourses Surrounding Prostitution Policies in the UK
Violence in Indoor and Outdoor Prostitution Venues
Sex Work and “Date” Violence
Female Prostitution, Customers, and Violence
Legalization
Prostitution on Demand
Bad for the Body, Bad for the Heart”
Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance Among Male Clients of Female Street Prostitutes
Current developments
Prostitution in Five Countries
Legalizing Prostitution
The new attack on sexuality research
Sex for Sale
Designing out vulnerability, building in respect
The health of female sex workers from three industry sectors in Queensland, Australia
The Social Construction of Sex Trafficking
Research note
The Work of Sex Work
The Impact of Decriminalisation on the Number of Sex Workers in New Zealand
| Unique citing works | 88 |
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| Citations per year | 5,87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 86 |