Trafficking, Prostitution, and Inequality
Catharine A. MacKinnon describes evidence supporting the Nordic model legislation on prostitution and discusses links between prostitution, pornography, and trafficking.
Prohibiting Sex Purchasing and Ending Trafficking: The Swedish Prostitution Law (2011)
This article by Max Waltman analyzes the Swedish prostitution law from 1999, which criminalized the sex buyer and decriminalized prostituted persons. He analyzes this law...
Trafficking, Prostitution and the Sex Industry: The Nordic Legal Model
There is no doubt that the Nordic countries lead the world on most indicators of gender equality. Gender equality experts and advocates have long pointed…
Indoor Versus Outdoor Prostitution in Rhode Island
“Nobody really wants to be sold,” a woman in a Nevada legal brothel explained to me. Even if you know that simple fact — that...
Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Prostitution/QuickFacts/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Trafficking
Myths & Facts about Legalized Prostitution
Lists 18 common myths about trafficking and provides the factual evidence as alternatives.
Basic Information/False Distinction Between Prostitution & Trafficking/Law and Policy/Library/Prostitution/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Trafficking
Trafficking: Theory vs Reality
This article presents evidence for the links between prostitution and trafficking, using examples of New Zealand, USA, and India. Men’s demand for trafficked women cannot...
Prostitution Policy Recommendations to the City of San Francisco
Strongly criminalizing johns is the most effective legal approach to date to the harms of violence and exploitation that prostitution inflicts on those used in...
Is Paying for Sex Really Worth It? No, Prostitution Exploits Many Women’s Deep Pain
Myers-Powell writes about her personal experience with prostitution relating it to the exploitation and deep pain that prostitution causes. Myers-Powell is a survivor of prostitution...
