Is prostitution harmful?

A common argument against prostitution states that selling sex is harmful because it involves selling something deeply personal and emotional. More and more of us, however, believe that sexual encounters need not be deeply personal and emotional in order to be acceptable—we believe in the acceptabil...

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Published in:Journal of medical ethics
Main Author: Moen, Ole Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
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