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The Prostitution of Sexuality

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In 1979, Kathleen Barry's landmark book, Female Sexual Slavery, pulled back the curtain on a world of abuse prostitution that shocked the world. Documenting in devastating detail the lives of street prostitutes and the international traffic in women, Barry's work was called powerful and compassionate by Adrienne Rich and a courageous and crusading book that should be read ...more
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Published July 1st 1996 by New York University Press (first published December 1st 1994)
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Kathleen Barry is an American sociologist. She cofounded the United Nations NGO, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW).

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