The War on Whores

The War on Whores

The War on Whores

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The War on Whores

"Shouldn't consenting adults be left alone?"

2019

0h 59m

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Is it anyone's business if consenting adults want to pay or accept money for sex? Sex worker and author Maggie McNeill tells her startling tale about the persecution of sex workers based on the false assumption that most of them are exploited victims of pimps and traffickers. Her movement is challenging these assumptions and the powerful political and cultural forces behind them.

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