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Being & Being Bought
Kajsa Ekis Ekman
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Description for Being & Being Bought
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 223 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
In 1998, Sweden passed ground-breaking legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual services which sought to curb demand and support women exiting the sex industry. Grounded in the reality of the violence and abuse inherent in prostitution—and reeling from the death of a friend to prostitution in Spain—Kajsa Ekis Ekman exposes the many lies in the ‘sex work’ scenario. Trade unions aren’t trade unions. Groups for prostituted women are simultaneously groups for brothel owners. And prostitution is always presented from a woman’s point of view. The men who buy sex are left out. Turning to the practice of surrogate motherhood, Kajsa ... Read more
In 1998, Sweden passed ground-breaking legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual services which sought to curb demand and support women exiting the sex industry. Grounded in the reality of the violence and abuse inherent in prostitution—and reeling from the death of a friend to prostitution in Spain—Kajsa Ekis Ekman exposes the many lies in the ‘sex work’ scenario. Trade unions aren’t trade unions. Groups for prostituted women are simultaneously groups for brothel owners. And prostitution is always presented from a woman’s point of view. The men who buy sex are left out. Turning to the practice of surrogate motherhood, Kajsa ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781742198767
SKU
V9781742198767
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-30
About Kajsa Ekis Ekman
Kajsa Ekis Ekman was born in Stockholm. She writes for the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter and is on the editorial collective of the anarchist magazine Brand. She has an MA in Literature from Södertörn University and is author of Skulden - eurokrisen sedd från Aten (Debt as a Weapon: The euro crisis seen from Athens, Leopard Förlag, 2013). She has ... Read more
Reviews for Being & Being Bought
It may seem outrageous to many of the proponents of commercial surrogacy that we might compare the position of the prostitute to that of the surrogate, but Ekman does an effective job of explaining the very real parallels. —Grazyna Zajdow, Arena Magazine