Kathleen Barry (born January 22, 1941) is an American sociologist and feminist. After researching and publishing books on international human sex trafficking, she cofounded the

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NGO, the

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is an international non-governmental organization opposing human trafficking, prostitution, and other forms of commercial sex. Views CATW is rooted in a feminist point of view. Its definition of ...

(CATW). In 1985 she received the Wonder Woman Foundation Award for her strides towards the empowerment of women. She has taught at

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and Penn State University.

Works

Barry's first book, ''Female Sexual Slavery'' (1979), prompted international awareness of human sex trafficking Biography at The People Speak Radio
/ref> and has been translated into six languages. Her follow-up to ''Female Sexual Slavery'', ''The Prostitution of Sexuality'' (1995) discusses the idea of "consent" in liberal modern American discourse, concluding that "every form of oppression is sustained" through apparent consent by the oppressed group or class to their exploitation.The Prostitution of Sexuality, 89. New York: New York UP, 1995. Print. She further concludes that the normalization and acceptance of prostitution based on arguments of prostitutes' consent ignores the human-rights principle that violation cannot be consented to. She states that women, as members of an oppressed class under patriarchy, are compelled to "consent" to their own sexual exploitation by society, much in the way a Marxist would say workers are compelled to cooperate with their oppressors, the capitalists.The Prostitution of Sexuality, 77. New York: New York UP, 1995. Print.

Education

Barry has two Ph.Ds from the

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, one in sociology and one in education.

Bibliography

Books

*''Female Sexual Slavery'', 1979 *''Vietnam's Women in Transition'', 1995 *''The Prostitution of Sexuality'', 1995 *''

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: A Biography of a Singular Feminist'', 2000 *''Unmaking War, Remaking Men: How Empathy Can Reshape Our Politics, Our Soldiers and Ourselves'', 2010

Other writings

* "The Vagina on Trial" (1971) * * * * * *

References

External links

*
Kathleen Barry's Bibliography at Amazon.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Kathleen 1941 births Living people Pennsylvania State University faculty Brandeis University faculty American women's rights activists American women sociologists American sociologists Anti-prostitution feminists American feminist writers Radical feminists UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education alumni