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Julia Laite: 我研究性工作历史的契机，源于对 Judith Walkowitz 研究的延续和对性工作在社会中核心地位的认识。性产业是全球最赚钱的行业之一，与女性地位及社会边缘人群息息相关。婚姻和卖淫之间的界限并不明显，两者都可能是女性的交易。出卖性服务一直是女性经济策略的一部分，有时能带来社会地位的提升和富裕。性工作门槛低，可随时进入和退出，早期女权主义者认识到性工作与女性经济和社会地位之间的联系。早在19世纪70年代和80年代，女权主义者就认识到妇女在经济和社会上的普遍屈从地位与性工作之间的联系。

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This chapter explores the lives of sex workers in Victorian London, examining the socio-economic factors that pushed women into sex work and how they created communities to support each other amidst hardship. It also discusses the early feminist campaigns that understood the link between women's economic subjugation and prostitution.
  • Socio-economic factors pushed women into sex work.
  • Sex workers created communities for mutual support.
  • Early feminists linked women's economic subjugation to prostitution.

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What were the lives of women like who sold sex in the Victorian era? How did the law makers and moral crusaders of the time try to control it? How did sex workers create community in the 19th century?

In the final part of our mini-series on sex work throughout history, Kate's joined by Dr. Julia Laite, historian, professor of history at Birkbeck University, to take us back to the Victorian era.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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