Women have learned to conflate sexual subservience and objectification with sexual empowerment.…
Tag: the sex trade
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 pros…
More women may be paying for sex, but this does not equate to female sexual liberation
Women’s motivations for paying for sex are notably different than men’s, and demonstrate we are a long way f…
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 …
The Queen’s endorsement of the exploitation of women is devastating
In giving official honours to women who have advocated for the legalization of prostitution, the Queen effectively legit…
Ross Douthat revealed the hypocrisy in liberal feminist ideology, and they’re pissed
This is the future that liberals want.…
Feminists used to reject magazines like Cosmo, now we’re told to celebrate them as empowering
After pressure from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Walmart removed Cosmopolitan from its checkout stands. N…
The New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective is conning the government, New Zealanders, and prostituted women alike
The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective played an integral role in the full decriminalization of prostitution in New Zeal…
Julie Bindel’s ‘The Pimping of Prostitution’ destroys sex trade myths with unforgiving detail
Julie Bindel’s new book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the politics of the sex trade yet.…
Suzzan Blac on art, trauma, and child exploitation
Suzzan Blac began painting as a kind of therapy, to express the intense emotions and process the trauma she couldn’…
INTERVIEW: Kathleen Richardson makes the case against sex robots
What’s the matter with so-called “sex robots” anyway? Surely they are nothing more than a harmless toy…
PODCAST: Why feminists care about sex robots
“I don’t see technology as neutral — I see technology as driven by cultural forces. And the cultural forces …
Over 100 men were arrested for trying to buy sex from girls in Ontario — here are their names
Following a four-year undercover human trafficking investigation, York Regional Police have arrested 104 men for attempt…
The contemporary cult of the ‘sex worker’
In certain social circles, praising “sex workers” has become fashionable. How has prostitution — an outdated, slav…
Critics couldn’t stomp out female unity at the Women’s March
The biggest protest in U.S. history took place last weekend, and women made it happen. It was a massive demonstration of…