Whores in History
Download or Read eBook Whores in History PDF written by Nickie Roberts and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Nickie Roberts |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105000278478 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Whores in History by : Nickie Roberts
Book excerpt: De tolerance and the lives of the grandes horizontales; and she analyses the Victorian denial of female sexuality (which enabled the bourgeois male to concentrate exclusively on his own) and the double standards of conventional attitudes. In the 20th-century section, she gives whores their voice and describes whores' movements such as the English Collective of Prostitutes and the American COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics). She criticizes legislative attempts at.