Response to Debbie Nathan article, 'Oversexed' (The Nation: August 29, 2005)
Farley takes position that 'prostitution was understood as a dominating transformation of women into a special type of commodity where the man who buys her shapes her into his own physical and psychological masturbatory entity.'
Farley points out that 'extreme violence of prostitution is comparable to war combat in terms of physical assault, rape, and homicide.'
Objects to prostitution as an institution
Critiques sex work advocates as 'promoting prostitution as a good-enough job for poor women'
Discusses and critiques HIV/AIDS prevention funds being used toward providing condoms to prostitutes and Ôjohns'
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