Melissa Farley
Melissa Farley, född 1942, är en amerikansk klinisk psykolog, forskare[1][2] och feminist. Hon är också en aktivist.[3][4] Hon är mest känd för sina studier om prostitution, människohandel och sexuellt utnyttjande.
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Forskning [redigera]
Studier av prostituerade [redigera]
Farley har sedan 1993 studerat prostitution och trafficking i flera länder. Hon har även skrivit flera böcker i dessa ämnen.[2] 2003 publicerades hennes rapport om den prostitutionsforskning hon utfört i nio länder (Kanada, Colombia, Tyskland, Mexiko, Sydafrika, Thailand, USA och Zambia), där hon tillsammans med andra har intervjuat 854 personer (782 kvinnor och flickor, 44 transpersoner och 28 män).[5]
Annan forskning [redigera]
Farley har också gjort andra studier som finansierats av Kaiser Foundation Research Institute. Dessa har handlat om de långsiktiga hälsoeffekterna av sexuellt utnyttjande och trauma.
Aktivism och åsikter [redigera]
Farley är en av de ledande i rörelsen för förbud mot prostitution[6], och menar att prostitution till sin natur är exploaterande och traumatiserande och att det därför borde avskaffas. Hon föredrar den svenska lagstiftningen på området, där endast köp av sexuella tjänster är kriminaliserat.[7] Farley är också emot rörelser för sexarbetares rättigheter, såsom COYOTE, vilka förespråkar total avkriminalisering av både köp och försäljning av sexuella tjänster.[8][9] Många av dessa aktivister menar i sin tur att hennes forskning saknar trovärdighet.[9][10] Farley är också en anti-pornografiaktivist.[3] 1985 ledde hon National Rampage Against Penthouse tillsammans med Nikki Craft. Hon arresterades 13 gånger i nio olika länder för dessa aktioner.[11][12][13]
Bibliografi [redigera]
- Macleod J, Farley M, Anderson L, Golding J. (2008). Challenging men's demand for prostitution in Scotland. Glasgow: Women's Support Project. ISBN 978-0-9558976-0-3
- Farley M. (2007). Prostitution and trafficking in Nevada: making the connections. San Francisco: Prostitution Research and Education. ISBN 0615162053
- Farley M (ed). (2004). Prostitution, trafficking and traumatic stress. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press. ISBN 0789023784 (hardcover) ISBN 0789023792 (paperback)
- Farley M. (2004). "Bad for the body, bad for the heart": Prostitution harms women even if legalized or decriminalized. Violence Against Women 10(10): 1087–1125. doi:10.1177/1077801204268607
- Farley M, Cotton A, Lynne J, Zumbeck S, Spiwak F, Reyes ME, Alvarez D, Sezgin U. (2003). Prostitution and trafficking in nine countries: Update on violence and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Trauma Practice 2(3/4):33–74. doi:10.1300/J189v02n03_03
- Farley M, Patsalides BM. (2001). Physical symptoms, posttraumatic stress disorder, and healthcare utilization of women with and without childhood physical and sexual abuse. Psychological Reports 89(3):595–606. doi:10.2466/PR0.89.7.595-606
- Farley M, Barkan H. (1998). Prostitution, violence, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Women & Health 27(3):37–49. doi:10.1300/J013v27n03_03
- Farley M, Baral I, Kiremire M, Sezgin U. (1998). Prostitution in five countries: Violence and posttraumatic stress disorder. Feminism & Psychology 8(4):405–426. doi:10.1300/J013v27n03_03
- Farley M, Keaney JC. (1997). Physical symptoms, somatization, and dissociation in women survivors of childhood sexual assault. Women & Health 25(3):33–45. doi:10.1300/J013v25n03_03
Externa webbsidor [redigera]
Av Melissa Farley [redigera]
- Prostitution Research and Education
- Prostitution Research
- Traffick Jamming
- Melissa Farley CV, 2008. Publikationer till och med 2008.
- "The Demand for Prostitution"
- Letter to the Editor
- "Why I Made the Choice To Become A Prostitute"
- "Attitudes Toward Prostitution and Acceptance of Rape Myths"
- “Prostitution of Indigenous Women: Sex Inequality and the Colonization of Canada’s First Nations Women”
- "Prostitution and sex trafficking as severe forms of violence against women"
- "Renting an Organ for Ten Minutes: What Tricks Tell Us about Prostitution, Pornography, and Trafficking" ISBN 1425758851
- The Myth of the Victimless Crime
Kritik av Melissa Farley [redigera]
- "A Feminist View That All Sexworkers are Abused and Sick"
- "The pimps are coming!: Opponents of Berkeley's prostitution measure use alarmist rhetoric"
- "Nevada Views: Vegas and the sex industry"
- Review of Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada, Making the Connections
- "Bewildered, academics pore over sex-trade hysteria"
Debatter mellan Melissa Farley och andra [redigera]
- "'Bad for the Body, Bad for the Heart': Prostitution Harms Women Even If Legalized or Decriminalized"
- “Flawed Theory and Method in Studies of Prostitution”
- "Prostitution Harms Women Even if Indoors: Svar till Weitzer"
- "Rehashing Tired Claims About Prostitution: A Response to Farley and Raphael and Shapiro"
- "Oversexed"
- "Unequal"
- "It's Wrong to Pay For Sex"
Nyhetetsartiklar, reportage med mera [redigera]
- "Many Prostitutes Suffer Combat Disorder, Study Finds" New York Times 1998.
- "Former Prostitutes Wage War Against Prostitution" KLAS-TV Eyewitness News, 5 september 2007.
- "City as Predator" New York Times 2007.
- "Escape From Las Vegas" New York Times 2007.
- "Fantasies, Well-Meant" New York Times 2007.
- "'It's like you sign a contract to be raped'" The Guardian 2007.
Referenser [redigera]
- ^ "Slick S.F. posters advocate decriminalizing prostitution" by Kevin Foley, San Francisco Examiner, August 14, 1995. "Melissa Farley, a San Francisco clinical and research psychologist who helped to interview 130 local prostitutes for a survey,..."
- ^ [a b] "Many Prostitutes Suffer Combat Disorder, Study Finds" by Abigail Zuger, New York Times, August 18, 1998. "Dr. Melissa Farley, a psychologist and researcher at the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco who directed the study with colleagues from Turkey and Africa."
- ^ [a b] "Prostitution: The oldest use and abuse of women" by Melissa Farley, off our backs, May 1994. (FindArticles.com archive, p 3.) "Melissa Farley is a feminist [sp] psychologist and antipornography activist who understands that pornography is 'pictures of prostitution'".
- ^ "Sober forum, street theater on prostitution ballot issue" by Patrick Hoge, San Francisco Chronicle, August 31, 2004. "Melissa Farley, a San Francisco psychologist and anti-prostitution activist."
- ^ Prostitution and trafficking in nine countries: Update on violence and posttraumatic stress disorder by Melissa Farley, Ann Cotton, Jacqueline Lynne, and others, Journal of Trauma Practice 2(3/4):33–74, 2003. doi:10.1300/J189v02n03_03
- ^ "Feminists fight over prostitution" by Roberta deBoer, Toledo Blade, September 24, 2006.
- ^ "Prostitution, trafficking, and cultural amnesia: What we must not know in order to keep the business of sexual exploitation running smoothly" by Melissa Farley, Yale Journal of Law and Feminism 18(1):109–144, Spring 2006.
- ^ "Ex-prostitutes' quilt honors slain women" by Associated Press, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 13, 1994, p 14.
- ^ [a b] "Prostitution: Pro or Con?" by Katia Dunn, Portland Mercury, May 9, 2002.
- ^ "A victimless crime?" by Alicia Portillo, The Rebel Yell (UNLV student newspaper), September 20, 2007.
- ^ "Fighting Femicide in the United States: The Rampage Against Penthouse" by Melissa Farley, in Jill Radford and Diana E. H. Russell (eds.), Femicide: The Politics of Woman Killing, New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992.
- ^ "2 Groups on 'Midwestern Rampage' 'Violent Pornography' Protested" by Terry Hyland, Omaha World-Herald, February 25, 1985.
- ^ "Protesters of Porn Guilty of Destruction", Omaha World-Herald, March 10, 1985.
