Open AccessAcademic Presses: Publishing Prostitution Apologists
Author(s) -
Jody Raphael
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
dignity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2472-4181
DOI - 10.23860/dignity.2022.07.02.03
Subject(s) - publishing , decriminalization , harm , criminology , political science , sociology , media studies , law
In the past few five years, academic presses are publishing books advocating the decriminalization of prostitution, the policy prescription buttressed by attempts to minimize the harm of the sex trade industry as well as sex-trafficking. This review essay explores the presses’ eager embracing of this approach, the reasons for it, and the effects of their publications on violence against women. These include the silencing of survivors’ voices, and the drying up of violence research as academics pursue topics of interest to publishers, as opposed to exploring the lives of women.