By Annabelle Katumba “It is men only men, from the first to the last, that we have to do with! To please a man I did wrong at first, then I was flung about from man to man…By men we are examined, handled, doctored and messed with. In hospital it is a man again who … Continue reading “The Birmingham Ladies Association for the Care of Friendless Girls”
Category: Sex work
The Victorian Social Purity Movement; a Noble Pursuit or ‘Morality Crusade’?
Author: Ella Phillips An Insight into the Social Purity Movement in Birmingham By 1885 the Ladies Association for the Care of Friendless Girls (LA), an initiative founded by religio-feminist campaigner Ellice Hopkins, had 106 branches across England. One of its aims, using both preventative and reformative approaches, was to educate young women in a bid … Continue reading “The Victorian Social Purity Movement; a Noble Pursuit or ‘Morality Crusade’?”
Programme for the Reform of the Law on Soliciting (P.R.O.S.)
By Eugene Huang Being a sex worker in the 70s and 80s was not easy. Although prostitution itself did not violate the law, numerous activities associated with it were prohibited. This essay focuses on prostitution law around the 1980s and its influence on women by reviewing the campaign of the Programme for Reform of … Continue reading “Programme for the Reform of the Law on Soliciting (P.R.O.S.)”