Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American psychologist Melissa Farley.
Last updated on November 24, 2024.
Melissa Farley is an American clinical psychologist, researcher and feminist anti-pornography and anti-prostitution activist. Farley is best known for her studies of the effects of prostitution, trafficking and sexual violence. She is the founder and director of the San Francisco-based organization, Prostitution Research and Education.
Prostitution myths justify the existence of prostitution, promote misinformation about prostitution, and contribute to a social climate that exploits and harms not only prostituted women but all women.
We feminists think that women deserve the right NOT to prostitute.
Within the gendered institution of prostitution, race and class create a hierarchy with indigenous women at its lowest point.
For many women, the experience of prostitution stems from the historical trauma of colonization.