Superbowl Anti-Trafficking Campaign
Jan 25, 2011 Dear Super Bowl Host Committee & National Football League, My name is A.H. and I’m a survivor of sex trafficking. I’m not…
Sex Robot Matters: Slavery, the Prostituted, and the Rights of Machines
The desire to animate the inanimate, or attribute anthropomorphic qualities to nonhumans, is well documented.
The Evidence About Prostitution That The New York Times Ignored
Women in prostitution wait for customers in Sonagachi, the notorious red-light district of Kolkata, India. (Bikas Das / AP Photo) On May 5, Emily Bazelon,…
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…
Gail Dines names 50 shades of grey for what it is: battering.
This Valentine’s Day, countless moviegoers plan to make a date with Fifty Shades of Grey‘s Christian Grey. I’m not one of them. I’ve met him before….
Video: Men Can Act to End Men’s Violence Against Women
(Prostitution is One Form of Violence Against Women) Feminist activist Jackson Katz here focuses on men’s role in ending violence against women. Katz emphasizes the…
Video: Online Attacks Against Opposition to Sexism and Sexual Exploitation
This 10-minute video describes Anita Sarkeesian’s experience with cybermobbing – a massive online hate campaign. She was targeted by large numbers of anonymous online attackers…
Ridiculing Victims of Trafficking
“The daily comics are not known to be bastions of feminist thought but a strip in the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday September 29, 2012…
Study Looks at Men’s Attitudes Toward Buying Sex
A new study takes a rare look at the men who buy sex, rather than the women they hire. Newsweek’s special report, “The John Next…
The John Next Door
The men who buy sex are your neighbors and colleagues. A new study reveals how the burgeoning demand for porn and prostitutes is warping personal…
Boycott of “Pimp ‘n ‘Ho Rave” in Vancouver
Raves which trivialize prostitution as “pimp ‘n ‘ho night – sexual attire desired” – are teaching men to sell, abuse and rape women (which is…
King of the Creeps: Hugh Hefner
“To make a documentary about Hugh Hefner–indisputably the world’s most famous pornographer and unrepentant chauvinist–and omit his enormously influential role in negatively shaping ideas about…
10 Things Men And Boys Can Do To Stop Human Trafficking
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Washington Post Rejects Massage Prostitution Advertising
The Post, long criticized for running massage-parlor ads, has decided it will no longer accept them. An internal note, e-mailed Tuesday to The Post’s advertising…
PRE Congratulates the Center for Young Women’s Development
RE congratulates the Center for Young Women’s Development, San Francisco, for their principled and courageous refusal to accept $100,000 of blood money from Craigslist. A…
Craigslist Facts
My first introduction to prostitution was arranged through Craigslist. I answered an ad for online modeling which turned out to be an agency recruiting for…
Japanese Videogames Promote Violence Against Women
For Immediate Release23 September 2009 EQUALITY NOW CALLS ON NEW JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION TO BAN ALL GAMES THAT PROMOTE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS JAPAN MUST…
Happy Hooker Revisited
Xaviera Hollander, who wrote the Happy Hooker in the 1970’s, glamorized prostitution as empowerment for women. Few know that Hollander was a Holocaust survivor. Playwright…