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Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia: What We Must Not Know in Order To Keep the Business of Sexual Exploitation Running Smoothly

Melissa Farley

2006

Yale Journal of Law & Feminism Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 5

Posted on May 3, 2006 by PRE

This article discusses and analyzes empirical data on the harms of prostitution, pornography and trafficking. This information has to be culturally, psychologically, and legally denied…

Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)

Prostitution on Demand: Legalizing the Buyers as Sexual Consumers

Janice G. Raymond

2004

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)

Posted on October 10, 2004 by PRE

Research, programs, and legislation related to sex trafficking are often premised on the invisibility of the male buyer and the failure to address menï¿½s role…

Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Trafficking

The Swedish Law that Prohibits the Purchase of Sexual Services: Best Practices for Prevention of Prostitution and Trafficking in Human Beings

Gunilla Ekberg

2004

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Vol. 10 No. 10, pp. 1187-1218

Posted on October 10, 2004 by PRE

After several years of public debate initiated by the Swedish women’s movement, the Law That Prohibits the Purchase of Sexual Services came into force on…

Law and Policy/Library/Racism, Colonialism

Trafficking for Prostitution in Italy: Possible Effects of Government Proposals for Legalization of Brothels

Esohe Aghatise

2004

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Vol. 10 No. 10, pp. 1126-1155

Posted on October 10, 2004 by PRE

This article gives an overview of the problem of trafficking for prostitution in Italy and notes different trafficking dynamics according to countries of origin of…

Law and Policy/Library/Prostitution/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)

Streets Apart

Julie Bindel

2004

The Guardian

Posted on May 14, 2004 by PRE

In the debate about prostitution, there are those, like the Dutch, who advocate legalising it, and those, like the Swedes, who want to get women…

Children & Prostitution/Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)

10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution

Janice G. Raymond

2003

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International (CATW)

Posted on March 25, 2003 by PRE

Discussion of ways that legalized or decriminalized prostitution promotes trafficking expands both legal and illegal prostitution, and fails to promote women’s health or make them…

Activism/Law and Policy/Library

One Man in Eight Has Bought Sex

Swedish Government

2002

Posted on March 17, 2002 by PRE

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,…

Law and Policy/Library

The 1999 Swedish Law on Prostitution

Swedish Government

2002

The Ministry of Labour in Cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Swedish Government Offices on Issues Related to Violence against Women.

Posted on February 23, 2002 by PRE

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….

Law and Policy/Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade

Prostitution: A Critical Review of the Medical and Social Sciences Literature

Melissa Farley and Vanessa Kelly

2000

Women & Criminal Justice Vol 11 (4): 29-64

Posted on March 17, 2000 by PRE

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…

Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers

A Comparison of Pimps and Batterers

Evelina Giobbe

1993

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law Vol. 1:33

Posted on March 17, 1993 by PRE

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…

Basic Information/Law and Policy/Library/Prostitution

Prostitution and Civil Rights

Catharine MacKinnon

1993

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law Vol. 1:13

Posted on February 23, 1993 by PRE

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…

Law and Policy/Library

Split at the Root: Prostitution and Feminist Discourses of Law Reform

Margaret Baldwin

1992

Yale Journal of Law and Feminism Vol. 5: 47

Posted on December 14, 1992 by PRE

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…