Before she could hustle the prostitutes on her books, Sydney Biddle Barrows needed to see them undress, to examine their…
Tag: the sex industry
If Trump’s attitude towards women offends you, so should the sex trade
People of all political stripes are going nuts over audio revealing Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump bragg…
We don’t need to redeem the reputations of johns — we need to tell the truth about them
Apparently, the real victims of sex trafficking are sex buyers. According to a recent article by Elizabeth Brown at Reas…
The ‘progressive’ response to Pam Anderson’s anti-porn stance shows how misguided progressives have become
How did we come to a place where protecting the feelings of male porn users was a top priority for progressives? When di…
The modern john got himself a queer nanny
There is something very odd about the prostitution debate. While the absolute majority of sex buyers are male, an overwh…
Open letter to Justin Trudeau & Jody Wilson-Raybould: Help us end prostitution in Canada
To the Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada and the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice an…
Vancouver residents & women’s groups demand Mayor Gregor Robertson enforce the law criminalizing johns
At 5:30 on Tuesday evening, just over 100 people gathered on the front steps of Vancouver City Hall to demand Mayor Greg…
Amnesty International confirms it no longer supports women’s human rights
Amnesty International has formally adopted a policy calling for the legalization of prostitution around the world. The o…
Unethical practices produce New York Times’ ‘sex work’ story
Over the weekend, Emily Bazelon, a staff writer at the New York Times, published an article called “Should Prostit…
Legalization has turned Germany into the ‘Bordello of Europe’ and we should be ashamed
When German abolitionists talk about the situation of prostitution in Germany, we hear the same responses, over and over…
Working in a New Zealand brothel was anything but ‘a job like any other’
One of the first prostituted women I ever met told me that I had to check the johns’ penises for venereal disease …
The Girlfriend Experience ignores the true meaning of the term
On April 10th, The Girlfriend Experience — a 10 episode long series starring Riley Keough — premiered on Sta…
The Nordic Model is not de facto criminalization
In case you missed the big news, France has become the latest country to adopt the so-called Nordic Model (or, as some p…
France adopts the Nordic model
On April 6, 2016, the French National Assembly recognized prostitution as a form of violence against women, voting to cr…
Whoreburbia: The digital gentrification of ‘sex work’
Back in 2014, I co-authored an academic paper published in a graduate journal that sought to discuss the delineation of …