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1) Sexting
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Technology has made so many things possible, including sending romantic messages to someone else via text. Sexting is just a new form of communication that continues to serve our need to tell one another things, but sometimes this can go horribly wrong, especially being of a sexual nature. This book debates the issue of sexting, touching on such topics as the rise of sexting among teens and adults, if it is hurtful to teens, and whether or not sexting...
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Relationships are tough, and putting ZIP codes, states, or even oceans between two people does not make things easier. You will discover the essential relationship-building skills you need, such as keeping open communication and establishing realistic expectations. This book will help give your relationship the chance it deserves.
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For too long the global sex industry and its vested interests have dominated the prostitution debate repeating the same old line that 'sex work' is just like any job. In large sections of the media, academia, public policy, government and the law, the sex industry has had its way. Little is said of the damage, violation, suffering, and torment of prostitution on the bodies and minds of mostly women and children, nor of the deaths, suicides and murders...
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In this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their lived experience through the expressive nuance and beauty of poetry. In a variety of forms ranging from lyrics to list poems to found poetry to hybrid works, these authors express themselves with the complexity, agency, and honesty that sex workers are rarely afforded. Contributors from Canada,...
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Sex in the Middle East and North Africa examines the sexual practices, politics, and complexities of the modern Arab world. Short chapters feature a variety of experts in anthropology, sociology, health science, and cultural studies. Many of the chapters are based on original ethnographic and interview work with subjects involved in these practices and include their voices.
The book is organized into three sections: Single and Dating, Engaged...
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River of Flesh and Other Stories brings together twenty-one stories about trafficked and prostituted women by some of India's most celebrated writers- Amrita Pritam, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Indira Goswami, Ismat Chughtai, J. P. Das, Kamala Das, Kamleshwar, Krishan Chander, Munshi Premchand, Nabendu Ghosh, Qurratulain Hyder, Saadat Hasan Manto and Siddique Alam, among others.
Jugnu, in Kamleshwar's 'River of Flesh' ('Maas ka Darya')-stares at...
7) It's Just High School: Inspiring Reflections of the Beauty, Pain and Pressure of High School Life
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High school is supposed to be about making good grades, catching up on the latest gossip, developing new relationships, and preparing for the next stage of life. However, as the young ladies in this book discovered, high school presented challenges beyond their wildest imagination. To finish, it would require sheer grit and determination. Read their stories to find out how they overcame these obstacles and how these experiences shaped the rest of...
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This collection of narrative essays by sex workers presents a crystal-clear rejoinder: there's never been a better time to fight for justice. Responding to the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in 2017, sex workers from across the industry-hookers and prostitutes, strippers and dancers, porn stars, cam models, Dommes and subs alike-complicate narratives of sexual harassment and violence, and expand conversations often limited to normative workplaces.
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9) Summary and Analysis of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery: Based on the Book by Robert Kolker
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Robert Kolker's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Lost Girls includes: Chapter-by-chapter overviews; Character profiles; Detailed timeline of events; Important...
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Fiercely intelligent, fantastically transgressive, Working It is an intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers. A polyphonic story of triumph, survival, and solidarity this collection showcases the vastly different experiences and interests of those who have traded sex; among them a brothel worker in Australia, First Nation survivors of the Canadian child welfare system, and an afro-latina single parent raising a radicalized child. Packed with...
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Following up Slut, her explosive 2015 play and guidebook for combating sexism and sexual violence, Katie Cappiello turns her perceptive eyes and ears to the lived experiences of young men as they try on sexuality and masculinity. Compassionate and piercingly insightful, this play and guidebook razes rape culture, interrogates traditional notions of masculinity, and breeds accountability-without sacrificing boys. The guidebook contains the play, an...
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The collected memoirs of a 1913 San Francisco sex worker, their effect on society at the time, and where they fit in today's world.
In 1913 the San Francisco Bulletin published a serialized, ghostwritten memoir of a prostitute who went by Alice Smith. "A Voice from the Underworld" detailed Alice's humble Midwestern upbringing and her struggle to find aboveboard work, and candidly related the harrowing events she endured after entering "the life."...