Prostitution

On ‘respecting sex workers’

I don’t advocate against the sex trade because I hate prostitutes, but because I acknowledge the truth about what happens in the industry

Money Shot’s big lie

A new Netflix documentary claims to look at trafficking on Pornhub but acts as industry propaganda instead.

Intersectional feminism is failing Indian women

An intersectional analysis should reveal the exploitative nature of prostitution and surrogacy, yet intersectional feminists support surrogacy for poor women as a means of earning livelihood and believe criticizing the sex trade is “exclusionary.”

Prostitution is already destigmatized, it’s not helping

Last week, 22-year-old Marylène Lévesque was murdered by a 51-year-old man named Eustachio Gallese. Lévesque was in prostitution, employed by a Quebec “massage parlour,” where men paid her for sex. The Montreal Gazette…

INTERVIEW: Women of colour speak out against prostitution

Raquel Rosario Sanchez speaks with four women who participated in a recent event looking at the experiences of women of colour in the sex trade, and the connection between racism and prostitution.

Prostitution is not work: The crib sheet

Another research paper promoting the legalization of prostitution as beneficial has been released. Titled, “Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative…