What's Money Got To Do With It?

When a client approaches a prostitute, he is rarely§interested in §buying school supplies for her children, and she is§just as unlikely to §be interested in the sex. Yet these material§exchanges are the §foundation of the sex economy. Indeed, if there is§one unifying §factor in the experiences of sex workers, it is fast§money. The sex §sector offers more money in fewer hours than§virtually any other §type of employment. §Fast money comes at a high price, however. Sex§workers face daily §risks to their health, safety and emotional§well-being. How well they §manage these risks has enormous implications for§their families, §communities, and society more broadly. §What''s Money Got To Do With It? takes readers to the§streets, §brothels and strip clubs of Managua to explore the§economic §dimensions of the sex industry. It describes, in sex§workers'' words, §why and when they risk violence and disease, and what§money has §to do with these decisions. Their experiences have§the potential to §change the way address key policy challenges related§to the sex §industry, from employment and human rights, to§violence and the §spread of disease.