An excellent history of the movement to abolish prostitution.

This is a thorough history of the abolitionist movement, and its arguments. I was thrilled to find that the authors did not overlook the world-changing work of the great survivor theorist, Evelina Giobbe. This book inspires me to write about my experience in prostitution, the 90s-00s abolitionist movement, and the problems with the legislation that was intended to redefine the issue, by recognizing prostitution as oppression as an insidious, sometimes sanctioned, form of slavery. The great abolitionists established this accurate definition, the most notable of whom did so by relating and defending their own experience. Problems, invariably, arise when we use established systems to secure and protect our human rights. There is always a difference between the intentions of those fighting for legislative change and the implementation of new laws, by those in power. This book honors the original movement to end prostitution as violence against women. It motivates me to seek solutions that are true to our original vision. The narration was good, overall…delivered with appropriate urgency and fury (though the best example of this is Giobbe’s recorded debates and legal arguments, IMO). Some names of key theorists were mispronounced, but the narration is evocative of the spirit of the originators of the abolitionist movement. If you are concerned about Human Trafficking and human rights, do not miss this important work!

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