Going Down to the Sea: Chinese Sex Workers Abroad by Ko-Lin Chin


Going Down to the Sea: Chinese Sex Workers Abroad
Title : Going Down to the Sea: Chinese Sex Workers Abroad
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ISBN : 6162150771
ISBN-10 : 9786162150777
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 186
Publication : First published March 15, 2014

In this book, eighteen Chinese women tell how they came to sell sex in Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, and New York. The women’s candid stories put a human face on issues of globalized commercial sex and provide a raw, inside view of the money-driven transnational sex industry. The author, an expert in the field of criminal justice, frames their personal accounts with contextual details and incisive commentary to provide a rich understanding of the realities and myths of prostitution and global sex trafficking.

While the interviews were gathered as part of an extensive research project for the author’s 2012 book, Selling Sex Overseas , the full accounts are published here for the first time. The women describe, in their own words, what motivated them to leave China to work in the sex trade abroad, how much they earn, what hardships they face, and what they hope for in the future.

Going Down to the Sea: Chinese Sex Workers Abroad Reviews

  • Cece

    What a book — it takes you through the individual journeys of women from whom we rarely hear: Chinese sex workers abroad. I liked that Professor Chin's voice doesn't overshadow that of the women he interviewed and that they had the opportunity to share their stories with an audience who may have come with preconceptions of the nature of their work. It was a fast read, though not an easy one — I had to put down the book at times to process what they had gone through fully.

    After finishing this book, I developed an even more intense dislike of men. Even if that's an experience you want to shy away from, I would question WHY and still read this book because the fact remains that people can be exploitative and horrid, and it's about time we face the truth.