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How to manufacture consent in the sex trade debate

So Amnesty International voted in favour of adopting a policy that calls for the full decriminalization of the sex trade. Hurray? Once the celebration or despair subsides we are left we a…

Why consent is not enough

Consent is the magical fairy dust which turns rape into sex; trafficking into free speech; and sexualized abuse, torture, and subjugation into sexual liberation — or so many people claim. Many “sex-positive…

The tyranny of consent

Emily Witt’s recent essay, in which she describes traveling to San Fransisco, where she watches a BDSM porn shoot for a Kink.com series called Public Disgrace, which depicts “women bound, stripped, and punished…

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

What’s Current: UK Prime Minister says no women have a penis

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says no women have a penis, adding: “We should always have compassion and understanding and tolerance for those who are thinking about changing their gender. Of course…

Money Shot’s big lie

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