One Man in Eight Has Bought Sex
In 1999, Sweden passed legislation that criminalized the purchase of sexual services, which in essence decriminalized prostituted persons and placed penalties only on the buyers,…
The 1999 Swedish Law on Prostitution
This law is a brilliant example of how a truly progressive society addresses prostitution: the law decriminalizes the prostitute but criminalizes customers, pimps, and traffickers….
The “Natasha” Trade: The Transnational Shadow Market of Trafficking in Women
Overview of the global sex trade with a focus on Ukrainian women’s experiences.
Globalized Female Slavery
Said It: Feminist News, Culture, Politics What a world we live in, a male-framed world, where global economics sets in concrete a system of winners…
Prostitution: A Critical Review of the Medical and Social Sciences Literature
A review of articles that focus on HIV but simultaneously ignore the massive violence that affects the lives of those in prostitution. The normalization of…
A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime
Overview of trafficking of women and children into the United States prior to the passage of the Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act of 2000. This report…
Colonialism and the Sexual Exploitation of Canada’s First Nations Women
First Nations women in Canadian prostitution are harmed today because of the legacies of colonialism. “When sexual oppression is intersected by racism, and capitalism, the…
How Prostitution Works
A description of customers, pimps, and the ways that young people get into prostitution. Prostitution, pornography, and other forms of commercial sex are a multi-billion…
Prostitution in 5 Countries: Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Research summary and discussion of the life conditions of 475 people in prostitution in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA & Zambia. These people live in…
Prostitution, Violence, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Most discussions of the public health risks of prostitution have focused on sexually-transmitted disease. A recent editorial in a major medical journal acknowledged the danger…
Prostitution As Violence Against Women
This article discusses how prostitution is exempted from other kinds of violence and human rights violations, how prostitution is legitimized by distinctions between “forced” and…
A Comparison of Pimps and Batterers
A description of the abusive power relationships between women in prostitution with their pimps, comparing the dynamics of prostituted women and their pimps to those…
Prostitution: A Violation of Women’s Human Rights
Despite the erroneously held belief that legalizing prostitution would empower women, the reality is that legalizing prostitution would only bring more harm to the women…
Prostitution: Where Racism and Sexism Intersect
A discussion about the ways racism channels African American women into prostitution. Once in prostitution the discrimination continues.
Prostitution and Civil Rights
The gap between the promise of civil rights and the real lives of prostitutes is an abyss which swallows up prostituted women. This article discusses…
Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform
What are the effects of creating a separation between ‘prostitutes’ and all ‘other women’? What happens when women involved in prostitution are examined by different…
Prostitution and Male Supremacy
“Prostitution is in and of itself an abuse of a woman’s body.” “In prostitution, no woman stays whole.” Discussion of the incest that precedes prostitution,…