Is the New York Times Endorsing Legalization of Prostitution?
Is the New York Times Endorsing Legalization of Prostitution
Sex trade survivors report that decriminalization across-the-board gives pimps more power.
Liberals must face the reality of what prostitution does to women
Of Course I Have a Fucking “Moral Problem” With Prostitution
Last week, the New York Times ran Emily Bazelon’s piece, _Should Prostitution be a Crime__
Prostitution Tells Women What They Can and Can’t Do With Their Own Bodies
Prostitution, as a practice, just is men telling women what they can and can’t do with their bodies. It’s men telling women how to use their bodies, how to move their bodies, how to dress their bodies. What men tell women do with their bodies is the primal guide for how prostitution functions; if we stopped, prostitution couldn’t function. Like all markets, supply responds to demand and the customer is always right. The problem is that the customer wants a fuckable object, not a human being.
Punish Clients, Not Prostitutes
Criminalizing the client changes the entire legal and social approach to the phenomenon; the social and legal disgrace moves from the prostitute to the client, and it is he who is now subject to sanctions, condemnation and public criticism. It stresses the harm done to women who engage in prostitution, to all women, and to society as a whole, and it makes the debate over illusions of “choice” and “consent” superfluous by acknowledging that those caught up in the cycle of prostitution don’t have real choice. The discussion is focused on the damage prostitution causes and how to prevent it.
The death of Daria Pionko shows there is no “safe” way to manage prostitution
Daria Pionko was supposed to be safe. Or safer, anyway. That, at least, was part of the thinking behind the “managed prostitution area” established in…
Survivors say the Nordic model is our only hope
People were turned away from a packed, standing-room only panel, addressing the impacts of various prostitution legislation around the world, on Monday afternoon. Organized by…
Linking the Histories of Slavery: North America and its Borderlands
Just published, Dec 2015:
Chapter on Prostitution and Slavery: a 21st century abolitionist perspective by Melissa Farley
Amnesty International campaign to decriminalise pimps and sex buyers
Amnesty International began as an organization aligned with vulnerable people who had few rights. Those in prostitution often describe it as paid rape – a…
Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy.
Over 400 women’s groups & advocates sign letter protesting Amnesty International’s position on prostitution.
Demand Abolition: A Brief Review of the Evidence on the Consequences of Legalizing or Decriminalizing Prostitution
Fact Sheet on Decriminalization Demand Abolition
MasterCard, American Express, and Visa will no longer do business with Backpage
Advertising is essential to keeping the sex industry running smoothly. Pimps and traffickers post dozens of ads a day on websites like Backpage. Since most…
Former President Jimmy Carter Speaks Out On Abolishing Prostitution
In a May 2015 address to an Atlanta Summit on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Former President Jimmy Carter said, “I would like to see each city…
Another man speaks out against prostitution, in Ireland
Meagher: Take a stand against sex trafficking.
San Francisco Asian Art Museum: shedding light or lies on historical Japanese prostitution?
Under the misleading title “Seduction – Japan Floating World”, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum presents (February-May 2015) an exhibition about prostitution in Tokyo from…
Don’t Legalise Sex Trade, Give Workers Jobs Instead
Here is a simple and effective alternative to prostitution proposed in India: JOBS
Prostitution increased since its decriminalization in Australia
Although this article has a nasty bias against women in prostitution, it shows that prostitution skyrocketed in NSW Australia since decriminalization, with no improvement in “safety,”…
Great interview with the fabulous Brenda Myers-Powell on MSNBC
Q & A with Brenda Myers-Powell, Co-Founder and the Executive Director of the Dreamcatcher Foundation.
90 German trauma therapists oppose legal prostitution
“Prostitution is in no way a job like any other. It is degrading, torturous, and exploitive.” Michaela Huber, psychologist and head of the German Society…
The original version of Pretty Woman was depressing and more true to life.
The original version of Pretty Woman was depressing and more true to life. Richard Gere’s character is nasty and he has a girlfriend, Julia Roberts…