Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor and Director of the Program for the Study of Women and Gender Baker at Smith College, Massachusetts. Baker's primary areas of research are women's legal history, gender and public policy, and women's social movements. Her first book The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment (Cambridge, 2008) won the National Women's Studies Association 2008 Sara A. Whaley book prize. Baker has published in many leading journals, including Violence Against Women, Women in Politics, and The Journal of Women's History. Baker also writes for Ms. magazine and is co-chair of the Ms. Committee of Scholars.
Introduction; 1. 'My God! If only I could get out of here': roots of
contemporary movements to fight the US youth sex trade; 2. 'Teeny hookers'
and the 'chicken hawk trade': organizing against juvenile prostitution in
the 1970s; 3. Survivor activism and global connections: the US campaign
against commercial sexual exploitation of children in the 1990s; 4. 'Our
daughters' in danger: leveraging the anti-trafficking framework in the
early 2000s; 5. To rescue or empower: building a collaborative adversarial
movement; 6. 'Locked in like a dog in a kennel': challenging the criminal
justice and child welfare systems; 7. 'Quick fixes and good versus evil
responses': criticisms of the movement; Conclusion: ending the US youth sex
trade?
