Sweden’s Prostitution Solution: Why Hasn’t Anyone Tried This Before?
In a centuries deep sea of clichés despairing that ‘prostitution will always be with us’, one country’s success stands out as a solitary beacon lighting…
Prostitution increased since its decriminalization in Australia
Although this article has a nasty bias against women in prostitution, it shows that prostitution skyrocketed in NSW Australia since decriminalization, with no improvement in “safety,”…
Great interview with the fabulous Brenda Myers-Powell on MSNBC
Q & A with Brenda Myers-Powell, Co-Founder and the Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation.
90 German trauma therapists oppose legal prostitution
“Prostitution is in no way a job like any other. It is degrading, torturous, and exploitive.” Michaela Huber, psychologist and head of the German Society…
The original version of Pretty Woman was depressing and more true to life.
The original version of Pretty Woman was depressing and more true to life. Richard Gere’s character is nasty and he has a girlfriend, Julia Roberts…
Sex buyers are unregistered sex predators
A defensive sex buyer wrote this and TIME ran it. Where are survivors’ voices in response to sex buyers’ and pimps’ promotion of the business of sexual exploitation?…
Online Prostitution and Trafficking
The use of Internet technologies to traffic women and children to prostitution will be described in this article. This law review summarizes the history of online trafficking and the remarkably effective use of the Internet for advertising prostitution locally, regionally, and internationally beginning with the development of social networking sites, discussion forums, message boards and online chats.
Meghan Murphy on Sex Buyer Apologist Chris Atchison
Murphy’s critique of the way that sex buyers are defended by some sex industry advocates is truly instructive. The testimony came in the course of debate…
Evaluation of Norwegian legislation criminalising the buying of sexual services
Norwegian law effective in reducing demand for prostitution and reducing trafficking.
The Invisible Men project
“The Invisible Men project shows you words used by men to review their experiences with women in prostitution. Without seeking to prove, disprove, or debate…
Assessing Evidence, Arguments, and Inequality in Bedford v. Canada
Bedford v. Canada ruled that parliament could not impose on where or when prostitution is conducted, as long as it does not infringe on others’ constitutional rights. Max Waltman discusses the evidence provided and how it does not support the decision of the court.
Prostitution is created and supported by a culture of men’s perceived entitlement to sex
Elliot Rodger wrote that he was motivated to kill because of his anger that women were not available to him for sex. This attitude is…
The Somaly Mam Story: What We Still Know About Sex Trafficking
Taina Bien-Aime, CATW, Huffington Post June 2, 2014 For those of us who know and have worked with Somaly Mam throughout the years, the Newsweek cover story about her…
“It’s inconceivable to me that Amnesty International or any other organization that respects human rights would endorse slave masters who buy young girls and put them into involuntary servitude to be sex slaves,” said Jimmy Carter.
After reviewing approaches to prostitution, Jimmy Carter concluded that ” the most important policy change will be to increase penalties for pimps and consumers and…
Captivity is mental
“There’s a lot of people that go through tremendous pain, and just because you’re not chained up and you’re not locked in the basement doesn’t…
An Open Letter to the ‘Good’ Punter
If you like sex, this is not a letter to you. If you like women, this is not a letter to you. If you’ve somehow…
NY To Protect Sexually Exploited Girls
NY is about to pass a law decriminalizing trafficked girls rather than arresting them. All states now need to stop arresting any woman in prostitution…
Fracking and Trafficking
Resource extraction is usually accompanied by prostitution and trafficking. The ecosystem destruction caused by fracking to access oil and gas is paralleled by the quieter destruction of trafficked women who service the frackers. Sexual Violence has dramatically increased in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota since the flood of pipeline workers have moved into the ‘man camps,’ military barracks-style housing.