{"product_id":"the-industrial-vagina-ripe-series-in-global-political-economy-9780415412339","title":"The Industrial Vagina (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Industrial Vagina (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jeffreys, Sheila. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780415412339.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies.\nThe Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments. Sheila Jeffreys demonstrates how prostitution has been globalized through an examination of:\nthe growth of pornography and its new global reach\nthe boom in adult shops, strip clubs and escort agencies\nmilitary prostitution and sexual violence in war\nmarriage and the mail order bride industry\nthe rise in sex tourism and trafficking in women.\nShe argues that through these practices women’s subordination has been outsourced and that states that legalise this industry are acting as pimps, enabling male buyers in countries in which women’s equality threatens male dominance, to buy access to the bodies of women from poor countries who are paid for their sexual subservience.\nThis major and provocative contribution is essential reading for all with an interest in feminist, gender and critical globalisation issues as well as students and scholars of international political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965270126645,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415412331","price":43.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415412339_261fcedb-d1da-4d17-9d2c-ee3d413c0bd5.jpg?v=1792462579","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-industrial-vagina-ripe-series-in-global-political-economy-9780415412339","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}