Enhancing the study of sex work

Bibliographic Data

ID18967932
AuthorsTeela Sanders (0000-0001-6392-6896, University of Leicester, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume21
Issue8
Pages1346-1350
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexualities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460718771346
OpenAlexW2808943693
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited27

[First paragraph] I write this as an academic who has focused on understanding the sex industry and advocating for the rights of sex workers in much of the time that Sexualities has been a space for the social sciences to enhance the study of sexuality through scholarship and thinking. I have approached this reflection specifically relating to the field of sex work, or what has been called ‘the sociology of sex work’ as a sub-discipline. For this reflection I reviewed all of the issues of the journal, a truly fascinating and indulgent exercise, to track how sex work research has emerged through the journal. There were some 47 articles directly relating to the sex industry/sex workers with many more circling the periphery of the broad subject. The extent and nature of sex work research has significantly increased over recent years, again overlapping with the time that Sexualities has become a hub for airing these ‘new’ investigations, commentaries and empirical insights

Sex work · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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