Current Affairs
Items regarding sex work which recently appeared in the news.
A personal choice | The Economist
This newspaper has never found it plausible that all prostitutes are victims. That fiction is becoming harder to sustain as much of the buying and selling of sex moves online. Personal websites mean prostitutes can [...]
The Economics Of Prostitution – Forbes
Coca-Cola and Pepsi. McDonald’s and Burger King. Spouses and streetwalkers. Wife or whore? The choice is that simple. At least according to economists Lena Edlund and Evelyn Korn, it is. The two well-respected economists created [...]
Sex work redefined
Terms like prostitution, forced, human trafficking, illegal in different combinations are being exploited as headlines in today’s media. Even in coverage of negative news one thing still counts: Sex sells! It is of great annoyance [...]
How Prudish Laws From the 1950s Make Sex Work Dangerous
In an ideal world we'd probably pay attention to the testimony of actual sex workers before boxing their profession into a web of laws. Read article: How Prudish Laws From the 1950s Make Sex [...]
Emotion – “Send in the clowns”
When it comes to prostitutes, people tend to have several ideas about them. Some will express sounds of disapproval of sex work all together. But still there are some who respect sex workers and admire [...]
Coming out of the closet as a sex worker
This afternoon I was reading an article on coming out as a sex worker and all the consequences that derive from that decision. In many countries prostitution has not yet been legalized. Apart from all [...]
Virtuality of prostitution politics
Sex work is deviant Perception In the old days travelers were explorers. Returning from their voyages they were highly admired when sharing their stories about discoveries and experiences in worlds far away, unreachable for [...]
Prostitution: New Zealand best place to work in sex industry
NEW Zealand. Home of the long white cloud, the Lord of the Rings and, apparently, the best working conditions for prostitutes on the planet. Sex workers across the ditch sign contracts, get paid weekly, work [...]
Marketing approach to Sex work
A paydate is like a time machine. Or better yet, a zone constructed to escape a definition of time and place. Quantum prostitution Our policy makers have been attaching irrelevant data to the [...]
