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Students Stripping, Doing Sex Work and Seeing Sugar Daddies? In Hard Economic Times, This Media Obsession Is Based in Reality

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. August 2, 2011.

The recession brings stories of students turning to the sex industry in order to pay their school bills and loans.

Shocking: Sex Workers Are Being Prosecuted for Carrying Condoms

Laura Rena Murray, AlterNet. May 30, 2011.

A lot of sex workers are afraid to carry condoms because they could face arrest, but many do so anyway because they don't want to put themselves at risk of contracting HIV.

Escaping the Sex Trafficking Industry

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. April 12, 2011.

A Q+A with a former sex worker, who weaves her own painful story of being lured into "the life," with the stories of the girls and women that she now helps.

How a Prostitute Saved My Relationship

Evan Jacobs, The Good Men Project. November 5, 2010.

When I saw the prostitutes smile at me, I felt my face flush and my stomach dance with the same butterflies I got as a teenager -- I was hooked.

"Whorephobia": Why Are People Scared of Sex Workers?

Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian. June 24, 2010.

The "whore stigma" is a way to control women and to limit their autonomy – whether it is economic, sexual, professional, or simply freedom of movement.

Can You Get Arrested For Carrying Condoms?

Nadia Berenstein, Ms. Magazine. March 22, 2010.

Suspected sex workers are finding their safe sex supplies can by confiscated by the police as "evidence."

Sex Workers in New Orleans Are Being Labeled Sex Offenders

Jordan Flaherty, Colorlines.com. January 25, 2010.

New Orleans police are using a state law written in 1805 for child molesters to charge hundreds of sex workers as sex offenders.

Neither Victims Nor Voiceless: Sex Workers Speaking for Themselves

Audacia Ray, RH Reality Check. January 12, 2010.

Painting a portrait of people in the sex industry as victims without voices only perpetuates their disempowerment.

Celebrate International Sex Workers' Rights Day Today

Cara, Feministe. March 3, 2009.

"The day originated in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival."

Prostitutes in Tijuana Forced to Pay More for Testing

Erika Cebreros, New America Media. October 1, 2008.

Health authorities in Tijuana now charge more for the medical tests required for sex workers. The price increase may keep many away from the doctor.

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.

Creepy Christian Group Travels to Thailand to Save Sex Workers For \"Daddy\"

Caperton, December 31, 1969.


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