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Resisting Rape Culture - The Hebrew Bible and Hong Kong Sex Workers (Paperback)
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Resisting Rape Culture - The Hebrew Bible and Hong Kong Sex Workers (Paperback)
Series: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible
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Resisting Rape Culture tackles controversial and harrowing rape
myths prevalent in rape culture: namely that sex workers do not get
raped, and that they are deserving victims of sexual violence.
Commonly, sociocultural discourses depict sex workers as morally
deficient and promiscuous, having sex with multiple clients in
exchange for payment. Consequently, they are often considered
deserving of rape, sexual assault and other forms of abuse, or as
people who should expect to receive such treatment. In a way, the
Hebrew Bible contributes to such stigmatization of and
discrimination against sex workers, given first, its authority and
second, its negative portrayals of prostitutes as outsiders. This
cutting-edge book describes the rape culture in Hong Kong, focusing
on how Hong Kong Christians interpret the Bible concerning
prostitutes, and in turn how this affects the treatment of sex
workers. Arguably, when interpretations malign the prostitutes in
the Bible, and do not critique how the Bible portrays these women,
we promote the stigmatization of sex workers and, in doing so,
normalise and trivialise sexual discrimination, abuse and violence,
ultimately promoting rape culture.
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