Smith describes the complexities of prostitution in the United States
Smith argues that prostitution should be legalized in the United States because it would be regulated and therefore safer for individuals engaged in sex work.
Whenever you are summarizing a text, it is important to encapsulate what that author’s specific contribution to the field was. Do not just mention the topic of their paper but state their claim.
João Biehl argues that marginal and diseased groups in Brazil only become politically visible in their dying and that the act of dying is what creates their identity as an undesirable citizen –as drug addicts, thieves, prostitutes, the insane, the disabled –only to justify their neglect by the government.