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born 1942 United States
Melissa Farley (born 1942) is a feminist research psychologist who studies the effects of prostitution, pornography, and trafficking on women, men, and children in prostitution. She is Director of Prostitution Research and Education, a San Francisco nonprofit organization.
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For many women, the experience of prostitution stems from the historical trauma of colonization.
Within the gendered institution of prostitution, race and class create a hierarchy with indigenous women at its lowest point.
We feminists think that women deserve the right NOT to prostitute.
Unequal (2005)
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), commonly occurs among prostituted women, and is indicative of their extreme emotional distress.
Across widely varying cultures on five continents, the traumatic consequences of prostitution were similar.
Prostitution myths justify the existence of prostitution, promote misinformation about prostitution, and contribute to a social climate that exploits and harms not only prostituted women but all women.
U.S. prostitution can be understood in the context of the cultural normalization of prostitution as a glamorous and wealth-producing “job” for girls who lack emotional support, education, and employment opportunities.
Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia (2006)
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