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Sex Work vs. Trafficking: Understanding the Difference

Melissa Ditmore, RH Reality Check. May 10, 2008.
There are big differences between women trafficked into sexual slavery and voluntary sex workers. So why are we treating them the same?

Satisfied Sex Worker or Domestic Trafficking Victim?

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. May 8, 2008.
New legislation could expand the definition of trafficking to treat many sex workers as crime victims instead of criminals.

Reassessing Sex Work

Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check. April 10, 2008.
HIV prevention programs must be based on more expansive views of sexuality -- particularly when it comes to sex work.

Witness for the Prostitution

ZP Heller, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. April 8, 2008.
Things just keep on getting stickier and stickier for Senator David Vitter.

Formula One Racing Head with a Nazi Fetish: the Craziest Sex Scandal Yet

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2008.
And here I thought we couldn’t do any better than "Evangelical mega-church preacher does crystal meth with male prostitutes."

Dem Senator's Hubby Caught in Hooker Bust

Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. April 2, 2008.
Hooker. Big Beaver Road. Exit 69. Could a Sen. Debbie Stabenow's husband have possibly been caught in a worse place during a prostitution sting?

Eliot Spitzer Linked to Yet Another Upscale Prostitution Ring

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 27, 2008.
Wicked Models promised clients Ivy-league educated women and employed dozens of prostitutes.

As the Spitzer Sex Firestorm Cools, It's Time for the Real Questions

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. March 26, 2008.
As people stop asking "Why did he do it?", now is a good time to ask: Why was the Department of Justice really investigating Eliot Spitzer?

Spitzer Kept His Black Socks on During Sex

Trish, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. March 23, 2008.
The entire Spitzer scandal is one big exercise in demoralization, but this is just sad.

Spitzer Did Nothing Wrong

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. March 19, 2008.
Eliot Spitzer's decision to pay money for sex was personal. It's not like he issued a policy of mandatory hookers for everybody.

Was Spitzer's Scandal a Justice Department Sting All Along?

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2008.
Spitzer needed to go, but it wasn't the federal government's place to force him out.

Vitter Claims There's 'Enormous Difference' Between His Case and Spitzer's, Really?

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008.
Spitzer was tarred, feathered, driven out of office, and now nearly forgotten. Yet Louisiana's, Senatorial Pimp, David Vitter, is still in office

Why Men Do Stupid Things: The Psychological Appeal of Prostitutes

Michael Bader, AlterNet. March 14, 2008.
A psychotherapist explains what might go on in the deeper recesses of the minds of men like Eliot Spitzer.

Sex Workers Are Indeed Exploited -- by the Mainstream Media

Audacia Ray, Waking Vixen AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 13, 2008.
Sex workers are being abused and manhandled by a media that has no interest in our well being, only in the details of how we got to be so bad.

Politicians' Wives Need to Stop the "Stand By Your Man" Routine

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 12, 2008.
I’m not suggesting that the cheated-upon wives should leave their husbands—but this politically calculated cliché needs to be abandoned.

Why Hasn't David Vitter Resigned?

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2008.
And what about Larry Craig, Dick Morris, John McCain and for the matter, George Bush and Dick Cheney?

Spitzer Resigns: His Real Crime Was Nixonian Hubris

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2008.
Spitzer has absolutely no excuse. In the current political climate, selective prosecution is a fact of life.

Isn't It Time to Finally Legalize Prostitution?

Samara O'Shea, Huffington Post AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. March 12, 2008.
If we're so interested in waving a moral wand over other people's sexual transgressions, then why is adultery legal?

What We Might Hear If We Injected Spitzer (AKA Client #9) with Truth Serum

Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. March 12, 2008.
Spitzer's apology -- and his moral "beliefs" -- are full of it.

Spitzer’s Shame Is Wall Street’s Gain

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. March 12, 2008.
Wall Street crooks cheer the downfall of the man who tried to check their criminal greed.

Spitzer Scandal: The Devil Is in the Details

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2008.
This level of minutiae in the descriptions of the investigation suggests an FBI or USAtty's office source.

Spitzer's Scandal: Some Things Don't Pass the Smell Test

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2008.
How did Spitzer's name get leaked to the media, and who did it? Didn't happen to Dave Vitter.

Spitzer's Folly: How Could He Think He'd Get Away With It?

Chris Kelly, Huffington Post. March 11, 2008.
It took a rare combination of arrogance, amorality and shit for brains. With details on the Emperor's Club sex ring.

Reports: NY Gov. Spitzer Is Indicted, Will Resign in Prostitution Scandal

Huffington PostMarch 10, 2008.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer has admitted to being involved with a prostitution ring; reports are that he will be indicted.

SugarDaddy.com: Readers Respond

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 1, 2008.
What does it say about our society when women can make more money doing sex work than in most other professions? Our readers weigh in.

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