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…
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Prostitution Harms Women Even if Indoors
This article describes the social invisibility of indoor prostitution, points out the lack of evidence suggesting that indoor prostitution is “safe,” and summarizes the testimony…
Frequently-Asked Questions about Prostitution
S.M. Berg has published responses to frequently-asked questions about prostitution. For example: Isn’t prostitution a choice? Don’t a lot of women enjoy it? Porn and…
Prostitution on Demand: Legalizing the Buyers as Sexual Consumers
Research, programs, and legislation related to sex trafficking are often premised on the invisibility of the male buyer and the failure to address men�s role…
The Swedish Law that Prohibits the Purchase of Sexual Services: Best Practices for Prevention of Prostitution and Trafficking in Human Beings
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…
Trafficking for Prostitution in Italy: Possible Effects of Government Proposals for Legalization of Brothels
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…
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‘Bad for the Body, Bad for the Heart’: Prostitution Harms Women Even if Legalized or Decriminalized
With examples from a 2003 New Zealand prostitution law, this article discusses the logical inconsistencies in laws sponsoring prostitution and includes evidence for the physical,…
Streets Apart
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…
10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution
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…
Prostitution & Trafficking in Nine Countries: An Update on Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Researchers interviewed 854 people currently or recently in prostitution in nine countries (Canada, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United States, and Zambia), inquiring…
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Prostitution and the Invisibility of Harm
The harm of prostitution is socially invisible, and it is also invisible in the law, in public health, and in psychology. This article addresses origins…