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puberty, age of,
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push polling,
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Quay Services,
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Queen, Carol,
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definition,
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and lap-dancing clubs,
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and Lilith report,
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perpetrators,
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,
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and pornography,
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statistics and rates,
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under-reporting,
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Rather, Dan,
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Reagan, Ronald,
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,
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Redfern, Catherine,
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Regan, Linda,
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Religious Sisters of Charity,
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research grants,
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retailers,
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Richards, Sherman,
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Richardson, Deborah,
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Ridgway, Gary,
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,
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Rogers, Jennie,
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Romania,
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Romans, ancient,
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,
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Rosen, Ruth,
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Royalle, Candida,
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sadomasochism,
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Salvation Army,
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,
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,
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San Francisco,
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,
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satyriasis,
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Schapiro Group,
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schizophrenia,
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,
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Scientific American,
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Scott, Valerie,
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Seattle,
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,
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl,
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,
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Seshu, Meenu,
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sex addiction,
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and Christian churches,
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definition,
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,
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and false epidemics,
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,
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,
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and the media,
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,
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,
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rates,
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,
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self-assessment test,
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and twelve-step programmes,
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sex education,
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,
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,
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,
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sex offenders,
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,
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sex shops,
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sex tourism,
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,
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,
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,
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sex trafficking,
see
human trafficking

Sex Workers Project,
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sexual abstinence,
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,
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‘sexual anorexia’,
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sexual orientation,
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,
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sexual positions,
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,
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sexual selection,
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sexually transmitted infections (STIs),
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,
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Shakira,
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Sheffield,
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shunga,
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sildenafil,
see
Viagra

Slut-Walk movement,
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,
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Smith, Jacqui,
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,
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Smith, WH,
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smoking,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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social class,
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Socrates,
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soliciting,
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,
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South Africa,
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Span, Anna,
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Spearmint Rhino,
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Springfield, Rick,
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Sprinkle, Annie,
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Stead, W. T.,
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,
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,
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Steen, Anthony,
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Steinem, Gloria,
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Straw, Jack,
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streetwalkers,
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,
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,
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,
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Stringfellows,
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strip clubs,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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strippers,
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,
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,
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see also
lap dancing

Štulhofer, Aleksandar,
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Suit, Miranda,
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Sunday Times,
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,
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Sutcliffe, Peter,
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Sweden,
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,
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,
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Tabak, Vincent,
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,
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,
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Taormino, Tristan,
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teenage pregnancy,
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teenage sex,
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television,
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,
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,
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testosterone patches,
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,
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Thornton, Billy Bob,
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threesomes,
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Timberlake, Justin,
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Time
magazine,
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,
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tobacco advertising,
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Tony the Tiger,
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transgender people,
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,
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,
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,
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UN Palermo Protocol,
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,
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Underground Railroad,
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urination,
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Vaizey, Ed,
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,
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Valenti, Jessica,
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Vanuatu,
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Viagra,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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vibrators,
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,
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‘vice committees’,
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Vidal, Gore,
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‘video nasties’,
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Village Voice,
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Virginia City, Nevada,
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Von Teese, Dita,
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von Trier, Lars,
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Walter, Natasha,
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,
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Wark, Kirsty,
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Weitzer, Ronald,
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Wellings, Kaye,
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white slavery,
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Whitehouse, Mary,
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‘whore dialogues’,
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Wildon, Robert,
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Willendorf Venus,
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Willis, Ellen,
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Wilson, Anna,
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Wire, The,
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Witherspoon Institute,
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Woods, Bambi,
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Woods, Tiger,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Woolf, Virginia,
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World Cup,
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Yeates, Jo,
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,
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Young, Madison,
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Zurcher, Louis,
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Also by Brooke Magnanti

Writing as Belle de Jour

The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

Further Adventures of a London Call Girl

Playing the Game

Belle de Jour’s Guide to Men

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