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Risks of Prostitution: When the Person Is the Product

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In the traditional model of consumer risk, the product that is consumed is understood to be the agent that is imbued with risks. In prostitution, it is the woman who is being consumed as a commodity who is at great risk, in spite of the fact that prostitution is sometimes (erroneously) described as “sex between consenting adults.” Prostitution occurs because the person being consumed as product would not consent to sex with the buyer unless he paid for it. Thus, the notion that it is the consumer who is at risk for harm via consumption of a product is sometimes inappropriate and the model itself needs to be reframed. This is the case with prostitution, where the prostituted person is at far greater risk than the sex buyer or the pimp.

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  • Melissa Farley, 2018. "Risks of Prostitution: When the Person Is the Product," Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, University of Chicago Press, vol. 3(1), pages 97-108.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jacres:doi:10.1086/695670
    DOI: 10.1086/695670
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    1. Marie A. Yeh & Meike Eilert & Aphrodite Vlahos & Stacey Menzel Baker & Tony Stovall, 2021. "Toward a “human being to commodity model” as an explanation for men's violent, sexual consumption of women," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(3), pages 911-938, September.
    2. Andrea Mellor & Cecilia Benoit, 2023. "Understanding the Diversity of People in Sex Work: Views from Leaders in Sex Worker Organizations," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-16, March.

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