Why doesn’t the United States have a Minister for Gender Equality?
Both Sweden and the Republic of Korea do. And – no surprise – both countries have progressive laws on the books that focus on buyers…
Pimps, the US Military, and Domestic Terrorism
Like pimps on the street and pimps in strip clubs, the US military is using psychological methods to harm, not heal. Many of the practices…
“Scrub Girls” – sickening class prejudice against poor women
I was listening to San Francisco talk radio on July 28, 2008 and heard both a legal Nevada pimp and a caller refer to women…
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…
Often People Believe the Lies of Pimps
I spoke with a public official this past week regarding the decriminalization of prostitution. When I talked with her, she told me she saw a…
Legal Pimp Dennis Hof offers Women for Sale Extra Cheap at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch
With the recent economic downturn, businesses all over the US are suffering. But to further commodify women through the use of prostitution, legal Nevada pimp,…
Commentary on U.S. Sex Buyer Elliot Spitzer March 2008
Don’t miss this article by R.F. Blader at Counterpunch.
Zero Tolerance for Johns: How the Government of Sweden Would Respond to Spitzer
We have a suggestion for the new governor of New York, David Paterson. Why not enact a statewide zero-tolerance law for buying sexual services? When…
Report of assault at kink.com a San Francisco torture pornography production company
A post about a woman who’d been brutally assaulted as part of a production at kink.com in San Francisco appeared on Luke Ford’s blog www.lukeisback.com…
KINK.COM in SAN FRANCISCO: (continued)
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KINK.COM in SAN FRANCISCO: Women and Gay Men’s Abu Ghraib
WARNING If you open the red torture photo link directly below this paragraph, you will see two photographs of people being tortured. One is the…
A new feminist antipornography website
Maggie Hays in Glasgow has put up a new website. Check it out! Go to www.againstpornography.org It’s great to have this new site up, especially…
101 things you can do to combat the harms of pornography
Go to click here This site is a sweet firecrackerish 4th of July present. Here’s to freedom from pornography and prostitution. This site really DOES…
Journalist Lydia Cacho and Mexican (in)justice
CASE LYDIA CACHO-MARIO MARIN Justice for the abused children of Mexico! Please contact Jorge Zepeda at zepeda@diasiete.com to sign a statement of support for Lydia…
Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
The government of Bangladesh has unlawfully detained Sigma Huda who is currently United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Aspects of the Victims of…
10 Things You Can Do To Stop Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation https://www.caase.org/ 1. Work to help women gain supportive housing and jobs that pay a living wage 2. Advocate for shelters…
prostitution, sex trafficking and choice
In April 2007, an illegal Las Vegas massage brothel was busted by 2 law enforcement agencies+ ICE+IRS. 25 women were rounded up in the sting,…
Betsy’s Brilliant Blog
There’s a lot to be said for looking at prostitution and trafficking through the eyes of a 5th grader. Here is comedian Betsy Salkind talking…
Starbuck’s & Ethiopian prostitution
What’s the connection between coffee bean prices and prostitution in Ethiopia? You guessed it: control of prices by US and EU multinationals which is resulting…
Pornography/prostitution/trafficking are connected to other violence against women
It is not possible to separate prostitution from trafficking, or prostitution from other kinds of violence against women. Incest usually precedes prostitution, pornography teaches men…