Sex Work and Human Dignity explores how dignity-based discourses are used by those who write and talk about prostitution and also what role these discourses may play in shaping wider cultural understandings of sex work and sex workers.

Stewart Cunningham completed his PhD at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His research interests are focused on the legal regulation of sex work and political activism on sex work law reform.

1. Introduction

2. Setting the Scene: The Concept of Human Dignity

3. 'Dignity Talk' in Judicial Decisions on Sex Work

4. The Concept of Dignity in Abolitionist Feminist Discourses

5. The Concept of Dignity in Sex Worker Rights Discourses

6. 'Dignity Talk' and the Sex Working Subject

7. Conclusion