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The Rise of Digital Sex Work
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The Internet has changed the way people connect, build communities, and work. These changes are both obvious and subtle, and they have impacted all of society. For sex workers, it is no different. With the proliferation of new technologies comes a new approach to sex work involving changes in the way workers identify themselves, share information about personal safety, create new forms of digital culture, discover new and exciting ways to engage with clients and each other. Following the groundbreaking research of sociologists and criminologists like Elizabeth Bernstein (Temporarily Yours) and Ronald Weitzer (Legalizing Prostitution), The Rise of Digital Sex Work seeks to examine these changes in culture, scope, process, and mentality. What happens when we move beyond the restrictions of location or schedule, when an experience involves more than just the person in front of you? This qualitative analysis of fifty-one interviews with sex workers from across the globe reveals not only how the Internet is changing modern sex work but how sex workers are changing the Internet and society itself. Increasingly, we are seeing providers who view sex work as just another job, or a potential career stepping stone. The availability, anonymity, and awareness afforded by the Internet have revolutionized what sex work means to sex workers, the general public, and each other. Rich with narrative description, this book aims to be both thought-provoking and informative, juxtaposing previous schools of thought around sex work, its current style and substance, and how it may evolve into the future.
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