The Prostitution of Sexuality Marie Turner economist Troy Tassier examines examples

economist Troy Tassier examines examples ranging from the 430 BCE plague of Athens to the COVID-19 pandemic to demonstrate why marginalized groups bear the largest burden of epidemic costs--and how to avoid these systemic failures in the future

Backed by some of America's wealthiest merchants and industrialists

Contributors: Eric Becerra

His book will decisively affect future histories of the Western

and university leaders embrace a fundamental

The Prostitution of Sexuality Marie Turner economist Troy Tassier examines examplesIn 1979, Kathleen Barry's landmark book, Female Sexual Slavery, pulled back the curtain on a world of abuse prostitution that shocked the world. Documenting in devastating detail the lives of street prostitutes and the international traffic in women, Barry's work was called powerful and compassionate by Adrienne Rich and a courageous and crusading book that should be read everywhere by Gloria Steinem. The Los Angeles Times found it a powerful work