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July 16, 2005
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Melissa Farley, Jacqueline Lynne, and Ann J. Cotton
Transcultural Psychiatry 42(2), June 2005
We interviewed 100 women prostituting in Vancouver, Canada. We found an extremely high prevalence of lifetime violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Fifty-two percent of our interviewees were women from Canada’s First Nations, a significant overrepresentation in prostitution compared with their representation in Vancouver generally(1.7-7%). [...] Findings are discussed in terms of the legacy of colonialism, the intrinsically traumatizing nature of prostitution and prostitution’s violations of basic human rights.
Posted by Emma at July 16, 2005 05:42 PM
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