Expanding the scope of inquiry: exploring accounts of childhood and family life among sex workers in London, Ontario.
This article presents findings from a qualitative research project that sought to explore the organization of sex work and women's experiences in the trade in a medium-size Canadian city. Drawing upon 14 semi-structured life-history interviews with women between 24 and 60 years of age who have taken...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 9 - 19 |
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University of Toronto Press
2014
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