Sex is a business.  For a sex worker, it is a way of making a living; for a madam, it is a services industry enterprise; for a stripper, it is creating an illusion; for a dominatrix, it is maintaining control; for a consort, it is getting paid for what he might do anyway.
           This collection of interviews takes the reader into the ordinary lives of people who work in the sex industry.  Their stories are told in their own words, offering an insight into the world where sex is a business.
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Interviews include:

Susie:  A virgin prostitute                                                                            
Nadia:  Temporary employment
Chloe:  Getting into the business                                                                                                               
Lynda:  Learning the trade                                                                          
Amelia:  For the hell of it                                                                              
Elizabeth:  Elegant, expensive, educated                                                 
Paula:  It’s more than a job                                                                          
Angelique:  Working girl and madam                                                        
Lily:  Born a prostitute                                                                                  
Isabelle:  Working on reception                                                                  
Cheryl: “I just want to dance”                                                                       
Rose:  Stripper                                                                                             
Jenny:  Running a parlour                                                                            
Toni:  The brothel business                                                             
Nurse Pamela:  Medical fantasies                                                             
Tonya:  Submission, a question of power and control                 
Anthony:  From cop to consort                                                                                
Dee:  Appointments for people with disabilities                           
Mistress Margaret:  Dominatrix                                                      

“Prostitution is more than a job to me – it is a lifestyle.  It gave me independence and money.  I found I didn’t need one man in my life.  I am totally self-sufficient as long as I am working.  I can do what I want, when I want, and without having to consult or depend on any man to support me. Working as a prostitute is like any job.  It’s a waste of time if you’re not going to do it well.  I offer a professional service and my clients are always happy.”  Paula

“I’m independent now and I don’t want to take money from my partner – I want my own money.  This is what the sex industry gives a woman, financial independence.” Angelique

Education Quotations, and its companion book Democracy Quotations, are collections that will appeal to people who aren’t afraid to think. The methodology of scrutinizing whose interests are being served and questioning everything is as valid as it ever was, even though Marxism isn’t currently a popular political theory. Anyone who is concerned with social justice, racism, sexism and exploitation will identify with the sentiment expressed in these quotations.

The book is the sort of work you can read from cover to cover.  Or you can open it at any page and see what jumps out at you.  Students who are looking for quotations to support their term papers will find the work to be proverbial academic candy. Regardless of the motivation for picking up the book, I hope you enjoy the manuscript that has been dormant for over a decade.  While the world has changed, the injustices haven’t.

Jody Hanson has taught on Indian reserves in northern Canada, in an African bush village and at universities in China and New Zealand.  She currently lives in Sydney, Australia.

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