"Within the gendered institution of prostitution, race and class create a hierarchy with indigenous women at its lowest point."

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Source : "Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women". Transcultural Psychiatry 42, article co-written with J. Lynne and A. Cotton, 2005.

Melissa Farley

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