Prostitution, Women and Misuse of the Law

The Fallen Daughters of Eve

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book Prostitution, Women and Misuse of the Law by Helen J. Self, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Helen J. Self ISBN: 9781135759865
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: August 2, 2004
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Helen J. Self
ISBN: 9781135759865
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: August 2, 2004
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This is an examination, from a feminist historian's standpoint, of the background to the present system of regulating prostitution in Britain - which is generally admitted to be not only unjust and discriminatory, but ineffective even in achieving its stated aims. Concentrating on the 1950s, and especially on the Wolfenden Report and the 1959 Street Offences Act, it is a thorough exposure of the sexual double standard and general misogynist assumptions underlying legislation relating to prostitution. In addition to the detailed analysis of the 1950s legislation and the background to it, there is an exposition of the subsequent workings of the Act, and of attempts to amend or repeal it.

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This is an examination, from a feminist historian's standpoint, of the background to the present system of regulating prostitution in Britain - which is generally admitted to be not only unjust and discriminatory, but ineffective even in achieving its stated aims. Concentrating on the 1950s, and especially on the Wolfenden Report and the 1959 Street Offences Act, it is a thorough exposure of the sexual double standard and general misogynist assumptions underlying legislation relating to prostitution. In addition to the detailed analysis of the 1950s legislation and the background to it, there is an exposition of the subsequent workings of the Act, and of attempts to amend or repeal it.

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