Dr. Meredith Ralston

Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University

slut-shaming, women and politics, sex work, sex tourism

Media

Meredith Ralston, United Nations | Our Stories | Mount Saint Vincent University

Mount Saint Vincent University's Meredith Ralston is a professor of Women's Studies and Political Studies. Her research into the status of women across Nova Scotia led her to participate in the United Nation's World Conference on Women in Beijing, China.

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Biography

Dr. Meredith Ralston is Professor in the Departments of Women’s Studies and Political Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her work has been in the areas of prostitution and sex tourism in the Philippines and the Gambia, women and politics, and homeless women and prostitution in Canada. She has written three books and produced six documentaries on the subjects of women in politics, sex work, and sex tourism. Her forthcoming book from McGill Queen's University Press is entitled Slut-Shaming, Whorephobia and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution.

Expertise

  • sex tourism
  • women and politics
  • sex work
  • slut-shaming