Critiques of Melissa Farley | Sex Work Activism in Los Angeles

Critiques of Melissa Farley | Sex Work Activism in Los Angeles

Critiques of Melissa Farley

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Jessie Nicole

Here is a short list of works I recommend to familiarize yourself with criticism of Melissa Farley and sources that inform my own critique.

Dishonest, Damaging, Disgusting: Newsweek Calls YOU “The John Next Door” – Dr. Marty Klein

Melissa Farley in Scotland: Trivializing prostitution and trivializing violence against women – Elizabeth Wood

Newsweek Embraces Melissa Farley’s Unscrupulous Crusade – Charlotte Shane

Men who buy sex: a nasty group whose DNA should be on file – Laura Agustin

Some Thoug[h]ts on the Newsweek story on the new Farley “research” – Emi Koyama

Full Text of Complaint to American Psychology Association – Dr. Calum Bennachie

A Commentary on ‘Challenging Men’s Demand for Prostitution in Scotland’: A Research Report Based on Interviews with 110 Men who Bought Women in Prostitution, (Jan Macleod, Melissa Farley, Lynn Anderson, Jacqueline Golding, 2008) – Multiple authors

Opposition – Sex Workers, Allies, And You – A growing round up of organizations advocating against sex workers and their motivations, as well as criticisms against them

Unpacking the myth: “the average age of entry into prostitution is 13″ – Emi Koyama