1 Contextualizing Sex Work

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Contextualizing Sex Work 3
6. Law and Policy Contexts
7. Sex Work Policy 27
8. Bedford v. Canada 48
9. Municipal Regulation of Street-Based Prostitution and the Impacts on Indigenous Women 57
10. From Average Joe to Deviant John 67
11. Pimps, Partners, and Procurers 82
12. New Risk-Spaces, New Spaces for Harm 94
13. Misrepresentations, Inadequate Evidence, and Impediments to Justice 104
14. Perceptions of Sex Work 121
15. Protecting Victims Sexually Exploited through Prostitution? 134
16. Diverse Experiences
17. Indigenous, Indoors, and Incognito 159
18. Myths and Realities of Male Sex Work 167
19. Champagne, Strawberries, and Truck-Stop Motels 181
20. “The Paradox?!” 189
21. Double Punishment 203
22. “Harassing the Clients Is Exactly the Same as Harassing the Workers” 213
23. Everybody Knows Everybody 224
24. Hypocrisy in “Sin City” 234
25. Sex Workers’ Resistance
26. Canadian Feminism and Sex Work Law 247
27. Whorganizers and Gay Activists 256
28. Fighting for Homewood 272
29. Do Black Sex Workers’ Lives Matter? 281
30. Migrant Sex Workers’ Justice 293
31. Will the Real Supporters of Workers’ Rights Please Stand Up? 305
32. Sex, Lies, and Committee Hearings 317
33. Action, Advocacy, and Allies 329
34. Afterword 340
35. Appendix 347
36. Contributors 352
37. Index 361