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…
Comparing Sex Buyers and Non-Sex Buyers
Comparing Sex Buyers with Men Who Don’t Buy Sex: “You can have a good time with the servitude” vs. “You’re supporting a system of degradation” Paper presented at…
Statement of Asia-Pacific Meeting of Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Survivors
In this meeting, we have shared stories of resistance, survival, healing, recovery, accessing education, self-organizing and mobilization. Collectively, we agree to reject the legalization of…
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…
Against Prostitution and Human Trafficking for Sexual Purposes (Sweden)
Prostitution and human trafficking are sustained by demand. Prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes represent a serious obstacle to social equality, to gender equality…
10 Things Men And Boys Can Do To Stop Human Trafficking
Renaissance Male Project Inc. is a multi-cultural & multi-issue progressive men’s organization based in Columbus, Ohio.
Law and Policy/Library/Prostitution/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Swedish Law on Prostitution/Trafficking
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 out that in economics, politics and social services, the Nordic countries top the charts.
Canada’s Prostitution Laws – 2009
Supporters of the prostitution industry want us to believe that women would be safe if men’s purchase of women for sex is legalized. In the…
Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Pornography/Racism, Colonialism/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Trafficking
Men Who Buy Sex (London) 2009
UK-based Eaves for Women and U.S.-based Prostitution and Research Education teamed up to interview 103 men in London who had bought commercial sex. Of those…
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…
Law and Policy/Library/Pimps/Traffickers/Prostitution/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)/Swedish Law on Prostitution
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…
Challenging Men’s Demand for Prostitution in Scotland
This is a research report based on interviews with 110 scottish men who bought women in prostitution. We asked interviewees about the extent to which…
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,…
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…
Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/Prostitution/Sex Buyers (“the demand”)
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…
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…