Melissa Farley: Quotes about sex

Melissa Farley is American psychologist. Explore interesting quotes on sex.

Melissa Farley: 28 quotes0 likes

“Postmodern descriptions of prostituted women as sex workers promotes an acceptance of conditions that in any other employment context would be correctly described as sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, or rape. Women’s experiences of violence and their psychological response to it cannot be theorized away.”

Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia (2006)

“Some words hide the truth. Just as torture can be named enhanced interrogation, and logging of old-growth forests is named the Healthy Forest Initiative, words that lie about prostitution leave people confused about the nature of prostitution and trafficking. The words "sex work" make the harms of prostitution invisible.”

Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia (2006)

“Prostitution is sexual violence that results in massive economic profit for some of its perpetrators. The sex industry, like other global enterprises, has domestic and international sectors, marketing sectors, a range of physical locations out of which it operates in each community, is controlled by many different owners and managers, and is constantly expanding as technology, law, and public opinion permit.”

Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia (2006)