Abolishing Prostitution: A Feminist Human Rights Treaty
Author of Female Sexual Slavery Kathleen Barry, proposes a feminist human rights treaty to abolish prostitution. The author, long active in global human rights, argues…
Pimps Will Be Pimps (Part 2 of 2)
James Baldwin wrote, “The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: she has become a…
Political Memories
I’ll never forget the evening after the release of my first issue as editor of Feminist Voices. I remember the clothes I wore, the snowy…
Pimps Will Be Pimps Whether Male or Female or Posing as “Sex Worker Activists” & Other Conflicts of Interest (Part 1 of 2)
Well meaning people think most “sex workers activist” organizations/unions speak for women in prostitution. They are mistaken. A shocking number of these “sex worker” organizations…
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Prostitution Research & Education (PRE) is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization that conducts research on prostitution, pornography and trafficking and offers education and consultation to…
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Prostitution is Not a Choice Poverty, racist lack of opportunity/education, targeting of marginalized women of color, those with disabilities, or those who have experienced prior…
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Prostitution Research & Education (PRE) is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to dismantling the systems of prostitution, pornography, and sex trafficking through rigorous research, transformative education,…
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…
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…
Demand Change Project of Breaking Free, St. Paul Minnesota, May 13, 2011
Breaking Free, a leading anti-human trafficking advocacy organization and Men Against Trafficking of Others hosted the Demand Change Project in St Paul Minnesota on May…
Attitudes and Social Characteristics of Men Who Buy Sex in Scotland
Public awareness about prostitution has grown in recent years, along with an understanding of the psychological trauma resulting from sexual exploitation as commercial enterprise, regardless…
Trafficking, Prostitution, and Inequality
Catharine A. MacKinnon describes evidence supporting the Nordic model legislation on prostitution and discusses links between prostitution, pornography, and trafficking.
Commercialized Sexual Assault of Children (AKA prostitution of children)
There are no reliable data on the prevalence of sexual assault of children in prostitution, also known as CSEC, also known as trafficking of children….
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…
Sexpo and the Death of Sex
Billed as the world’s biggest health, sexuality and lifestyle exhibition, Sexpo came to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion last weekend. According to its website, “This show will…
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.
Protest at Craigslist San Francisco Headquarters
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors held a protest in front of Craigslist…