Prior research has tended to mirror popular representations of the female sex worker as a morally flawed individual and a victim of circumstances beyond her control. "Sex Work and Female Self-Empowerment" presents a fresh perspective on "the world s oldest profession" by considering the relationship between sex work and female self-empowerment from a variety of disciplinary and practical perspectives and presenting new data derived from the author s study of six self-employed indoor female sex workers (IFSWs). Informed by the author s training in clinical psychology and human sexuality...