{"product_id":"2026200010136-secondhand-being-a-prostitute-prostitute-women-and-prostitute-men","title":"Being A Prostitute: Prostitute Women And Prostitute Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: none Binding condition: Good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadows of Sydney's Kings Cross and beyond, Being a Prostitute presents one of the most unflinching and rigorously researched sociological studies of sex work ever conducted in Australia. Roberta Perkins and Garry Bennett draw on extensive fieldwork and direct testimony to chronicle the lives of both female and male prostitutes, dismantling stereotypes and humanising a community long relegated to the margins of public discourse. The result is a work of rare empathy and intellectual honesty that forces the reader to confront uncomfortable truths about desire, labour, and social inequality.\n\nGrounded in the tradition of Australian social anthropology, the book argues that prostitution is not a monolithic experience but a complex, varied, and deeply personal one — shaped by class, gender, and circumstance. Perkins, a pioneering figure in sex worker advocacy and academia, brings both scholarly rigour and lived understanding to the subject, giving the work an authority that purely detached academic studies cannot match. For anyone seeking to understand the human architecture behind one of society's most debated institutions, this landmark text remains as provocative and essential as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130663805147,"sku":"2026200010136-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/daa72200-2265-44b4-a5bd-665a25142387.png?v=1786588126","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010136-secondhand-being-a-prostitute-prostitute-women-and-prostitute-men","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}