http://thesocietypages.org/economicsociology/2009/01/25/market-meltdown-brings-brothel-boom-or-a-harlots-progress/ Brooke Harrington explores the social underpinnings of money and markets. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:11:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/economicsociology/2009/01/25/market-meltdown-brings-brothel-boom-or-a-harlots-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:27:12 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/economicsociology/?p=96#comment-34 […] But what if you want to sell your own body? And what if you want to define it as an act of free market rationality–”I have something of value, and I should be compensated for it.” Or how about framing the sale of one’s hymen as a feminist act, by keeping the profits rather than having them expropriated by men or older women, as was the fate of Moll Hackabout (see below)?  […]

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