Prostitution’s Hierarchy of Control and Coercion
Graphic showing the class and race hierarchy in prostitution. There is a pyramid-like hierarchy in prostitution. At the top are a very few women –…
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Nevada Legal Pimp Dennis Hof Podcast Highlights
Dennis Hof is a legal pimp in a Nevada brothel. He advertises his brothel on an HBO pseudo-documentary series with the full support and collaboration…
PRE Supports Federal Legal Response to Domestic as Well as International Trafficking Victims
The United States government cannot reduce international trafficking without also combating trafficking inside our own borders. The US House of Representatives in 2007 overwhelmingly passed…
Fantasies, Well Meant
[Part 3 of a 3 part series, Part 1, Part 2] I must have hit a nerve. While in Las Vegas last week, I interviewed…
Escape from Las Vegas
[Part 2 of a 3 part series, Part 1, Part 3] Amber is 19 years old and on Sunday she caught a flight out of…
City As Predator
[Part 1 of a 3 part series, Part 2, Part 3] Las Vegas There is probably no city in America where women are treated worse…
Reclaiming Their Lives and Breaking Free: An Afrocentric Approach to Recovery From Prostitution
Qualitative study addressing the specific healing needs of prostituted African American women. Description of culturally specific services at an Afrocentric program for women escaping prostitution
Message About Virginia Tech Tragedy
What about addressing the physical and sexual abuse of children as a national emergency? Andrew Vachss wrote in Mask Market, pages 103-104: “Producers spun their…
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Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections
A 2-year research study of Nevada legal and illegal prostitution and sex trafficking reveals human rights violations against women in the Nevada legal brothels. This…
Aboriginal Women’s Statement on Legal Prostitution, Canada
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal…
Renting an Organ for 10 Minutes:’ What Tricks Tell Us About Prostitution
This article explores the perspective of a “trick”, the perspective of a woman in prostitution, research on the effects of pornography on women in prostitution,…
Aboriginal Women’s Statement on Legal Prostitution
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal…
Prostitution: Consent or Men’s Violence Against Women?
Scott Hampton, Psy.D. wrote this article for the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Fall 2007 Newsletter. He is Director of Ending the Violence. 90…
Ex-Prostitutes Against Legislated Sexual Servitude
Contact: xpalss@shaw.ca A statement by members of Ex-Prostitutes Against Legislated Sexual Servitude. Includes a version of the statement in French. “We are women who have been…
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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
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…
Not For Sale – Video on Prostitution & Trafficking
Not For Sale was produced by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in 2006. This documentary by filmmaker…
Unequal
This article responds to Debbie Nathan’s “Oversexed” (Nation, August 29, 2005). Nathan sympathizes with those on the Left who consider prostitution a form of labor…
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Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Interviews of 100 women prostituting in Vancouver, Canada revealed an extremely high prevalence of lifetime violence including childhood sexual assault and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)….
Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation
Analysis of sex trafficking by a Research Officer with the Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault at the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
X underrated
Prostitution, pornography, and sex trafficking aren’t separable in the real world. In this piece for the Times Educational Supplement in 2005, Catharine MacKinnon focuses on…