Prostitution Is Not Just Another Job
It’s time we stopped justifying the exploitation and abuse of those with the fewest options under the guise of choice.
Mr. Obama, Tear Down This Liability Shield
Online trolls have launched another barrage of attacks in the strange, petty little war over “ethics in journalism” we call GamerGate. Perennial troll targets Anita Sarkeesian…
When Did Porn Become Sex Ed?
THE other day, I got an email from a 21-year-old college senior about sex — or perhaps more correctly, about how ill equipped she was…
Prostitution under International Human Rights Law: An Analysis of States’ Obligations and the Best Ways to Implement Them
The Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution (CAP international) is an affiliation of fourteen front line NGOs providing assistance to prostituted persons and victims of…
Prostcost: An estimate of the social and economic cost of prostitution in France
In 2014, the European Commission offered for the Member States of the European Union to increase their «national wealth» by including the turnover from prostitution…
Pornography, Sexual Coercion and Abuse and Sexting in Young People’s Intimate Relationships: A European Study
Authors: Nicky Stanley, Christine Barter, Marsha Wood, Nadia Aghtaie, Cath Larkins, Alba Lanau, Carolina Överlien
Honoring the “Comfort Women”
Prostitution comforted Japanese solders but tortured women in the military brothels.
A Human Rights Scandal
The Vice President of a group that officially advised a top UN body on its prostitution policy was jailed earlier this year for sex trafficking….
CMU Grad Builds Cybersleuthing Tool to Snare Sex Traffickers
Traffic Jam mines the ‘deep Web’ for information, clues The universal scope of Internet advertising makes it an ideal way to attract customers and lure…
Murders and attempted murders of women in legal German prostitution
The lie that legal or decriminalized prostitution is “safer” is widely believed. Nothing could be farther from the truth, as these data showing a horrific…
Out of Sight
On a Saturday night in late May, I sat in the back seat of a taxi as it drove through a shantytown in Baghdad. We…
Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls
This research was prepared for the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s National Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls.This research will form a comprehensive picture on…
The Making of Sexual Violence
How does a boy grow up to commit rape? The International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) analyzes data from 5 countries on their perceptions…
70 Years After V-J Day, Still No Honor for Japanese Empire’s ‘Comfort Women’
The history of the so-called comfort women constitutes one of the most egregious war crimes of the 20th century, but it has never been officially…
The Porn Industry Is Abusive, and These Women Are Telling It Like It Is
Holly Madison, Rashida Jones’ Hot Girls Wanted, and Miriam Weeks (aka Belle Knox) shed light on a misunderstood phenomenon. “Who has seen Rashida Jones’ new…
Decriminalizing Prostitution
In the 1990s when I was in my 20s I used to hear certain brilliant elders in Lahore, my hometown, speak about many a subject…
Comparing Sex Buyers With Men Who Do Not Buy Sex: New Data on Prostitution and Trafficking
Abstract We investigated attitudes and behaviors associated with prostitution and sexual aggression among 101 men who buy sex and 101 age-, education-, and ethnicity-matched men…
Links Between Pornography and Prostitution
Pornography: Prostitution’s Identical Twin Many people – from politicians and celebrities to exited survivors of prostitution – are outraged at the decision of the prominent…
Backpage.com Cut Off From Credit Card System Over Sex Trafficking Claims
The Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, asked Visa and MasterCard to cut ties with the site, alleging its service contributes to “increasing the enslavement of prostituted individuals, including children.”