Reviews for Pursuing Johns: Criminal Law Reform, Defending Character, and New York City's Committee of Fourteen, 1920-1930

The average rating for Pursuing Johns: Criminal Law Reform, Defending Character, and New York City's Committee of Fourteen, 1920-1930 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-21 00:00:00 Leslie Welch Sometimes a book just gives you a bad vibe, okay, and between the tone of "Oh, finally, someone is talking about THE MEN who cared about/paid for sex work in the 1920s!" on the back and "There has only been one other person talking about the morality police!" and references to "diseased prostitutes" I just... I have a bad feeling about this book, okay, and life is too short to struggle through academic non-fiction that is setting off your spidey-sense.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-18 00:00:00 Tyshaunai Felder Both an interesting and depressing read. It's very sad and frightening the way these pseudoscientists have influenced our society's depiction of gender, sexuality, identity, race, and orientation. With such a heavy influence of hatred: eugenics, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, encouragement of rape, etc.