On AlterNet: prostitution
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "prostitution"
Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 26, 2009.
The men behind "Freakonomics" offer a stunningly shallow and flawed view of sex work as a career option for women.
Noy Thrupkaew, The Nation. October 13, 2009.
The Philippines suffers from a significant problem with child sex exploitation, but it also provides more fertile ground for US work on anti-trafficking.
Shakesville AlterNet: PEEKSeptember 7, 2009.
Its online store is selling a t-shirt that says "My friend went to Thailand and all I got was this lousy kidnapped prostitute."
Ester Amy Fischer, Huffington Post. June 5, 2009.
It seems strange to eulogize an online red light district, but Craigslist Erotic Services transformed the meaning of being a sex worker.
Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 23, 2009.
Thankfully it's not a romantic comedy or sappy morality play in which the prostitute leaves the business to be with the guy.
Lisa Derrick, La Figa AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 24, 2009.
Here's one reason to pay your taxes.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. January 28, 2009.
Hostility to women perceived as "sexually loose" cripples efforts to protect women's rights and health.
JoAnn Wypijewski, The Nation. October 17, 2008.
Lesson from the crash: for the rich, happiness used to be an expensive erection away. Now, everybody's fucked.
Rita Nakashima Brock, On The Issues Magazine. October 3, 2008.
The decriminalization of prostitution is one feminist strategy for helping women lead better lives.
Mark Benjamin, Ms. Magazine. September 29, 2008.
The "D.C. Madam" took a prostitution rap, then took her own life. But her alleged johns walked away uncensured and unscathed.
Carol Leigh, On The Issues Magazine. September 12, 2008.
The issue of prostitution reveals deep rifts within feminism.
Ariel Dougherty, On The Issues Magazine. September 5, 2008.
Is a film about prostitution made in 1986 relevant to the realities of sex work today?
Amelia, The Frisky AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. August 2, 2008.
The pros and cons of decriminalization and legalization.
Amelia, The Frisky. July 30, 2008.
The pros and cons of decriminalization and legalization.
Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check. July 9, 2008.
Decriminalizing and regulating prostitution will help protect the lives and liberties of sex workers.
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?
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.
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.
ZP Heller, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. April 8, 2008.
Things just keep on getting stickier and stickier for Senator David Vitter.
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."
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?
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. March 27, 2008.
Wicked Models promised clients Ivy-league educated women and employed dozens of prostitutes.
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?
Trish, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. March 23, 2008.
The entire Spitzer scandal is one big exercise in demoralization, but this is just sad.
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.
