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Title	:	Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
Author	:	Laura María Agustín
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 248 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2007 by Zed Books
Categories	:	Sexuality. Sex Work. Nonfiction. Feminism. Sociology. Politics. Anthropology

Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry

Laura María Agustín

Paperback | Pages: 248 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 168 Users | 12 Reviews

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This groundbreaking work explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims, and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest.

Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' disempowers them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radical analysis. Frequently, says Agustín, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry. Although they are treated as a marginalised group, they form part of the dynamic global economy.

Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice.

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Original Title:	Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
ISBN:	1842778609 (ISBN13: 9781842778609)
Edition Language:	English

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I always like books that challenge my unquestioned beliefs with good data and research. Agustin's work is straightforward and factual, and completely blows apart the standard social narrative around prostitution and migrant work. The media and government feeds us simple, uncritical images of homogenous poor migrants, victimized women, people with no agency in their lives who need us more educated, more affluent people to 'save' them -- Agustin shows the data from migrant workers, in their own

I really wanted to like this more, as I share similar wariness of the rescue industry. I value the author's attention to the often unspoken relationship domestic work and sex work share. The way Augustin draws attention to the caricature of "Migrant" is powerful. The conflict she describes between organizations seeking to save ( or rehabilitate, empower, etc.) people who engage in sex work was sobering.Most likely, I'm not immersed enough in the world, coming from a harm reduction and public



Laura Agustin has a remarkable ability to turn things on their head.If you read her blog, you'll be familiar with the narratives that she contests. But the book really brings it all together.The narrative is that all women who do sex work are victims. Nobody would ever chose to do that work. They have been coerced or duped. They need to be rescued. Triple that for migrants. But who is a migrant? Why are some people called migrants while others are called travelers, tourists, expats? A privileged

This book shifted my perspective of those valiant first-wave feminists of the Progressive Age, and with it, my feminism altogether. I was also pleased to have my perspective of migrant workers shifted from "huddled masses" to "adventurous world travelers." The book's tone is fairly academic (though totally accessible) but a bit uneven in places. I felt like the chapter presenting her research experiences to be a bit thin, and wished for the kind of depth of analysis she'd given to the overview

Prostitution apologists. Duh. And particularly toxic when coming along as either leftist or social justice warrior. In this case it's both. One of the biggest "whataboutism"-books I've read in a long time. A very long time. Good grief.

The go-to book about white people who try to rescue women from sex work. All the analysis you need.