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Elizabeth Pisani: 'The Wisdom of Whores'
By: Frontline
Posted: Nov 27 08
Witnessed: 1706 times
Regions: Africa
Issues: HIV-AIDS
Tags: Africa, aids, Frontline Club, hiv, HIV prevention, Pisani, prostitution, sex work
Elizabeth Pisani has spent ten years working as a scientist in the bloated AIDS industry. In The Wisdom of Whores, she unfolds a universe of brothels and bureaucracies, of bickering junkies and squabbling charities, of men who sell sex and men who would rather prohibit it. Illustrating solid science with ribald tales from the frontlines of sex and drugs, The Wisdom of Whores explains how we could shut down HIV everywhere except sub-Saharan Africa. We could do it with a few, simple steps. We could do it with less money than we already have. But we won't.
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