Showing posts with label prostitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prostitution. Show all posts

Cathy Reisenwitz: Why It's Time To Legalize Prostitution

There’s no good reason not to. A prostitute has a 45 percent to 75 percent chance of experiencing workplace violence at some point, according to recent research indicates, and a 32 percent to 55 percent likelihood that she or he was victimized the past year. Worker safety, along with concerns about exploitation and objectification,    ... MORE

One Benefit Of Legalized Prostitution Seen In New Zealand

by Tim Worstall.     One of the great social public policy questions of our day is what is it that we should be doing about prostitution? Answers vary around the world: there are places where it is strictly verboeten and heavy punishments are meted out. There are also places like New Zealand and Germany where the entire system is legal and out in the  ... MORE

Reihan Salam: It’s Time for Legalized Prostitution

There’s no way to end demand for sex work.        So why are Sweden and Canada trying? Whom is it safe to hate? One of the reasons the cause of same-sex civil marriage has gained so much ground in recent years is that it is no longer socially acceptable to hold gay couples in contempt. Many if not most opponents of same-sex marriage    ... MORE

Allen Smith: Rhode Island Proves Legalizing Prostitution Will Decrease Rape And Sexually-Transmitted Diseases

It happened by accident.       For a brief period of history, Rhode Island was the only state where prostitution was legal in every county. Now, a new report shows legalized prostitution led to a decrease in rapes and sexually transmitted diseases within the state, the Washington Post reports. The report, published by the National Bureau of      ... MORE

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Thaddeus Russell: Sex Slaves And The Surveillance State

Why 'human trafficking' is a dangerous term.     Her name, like that of nearly all the victims, is unknown. Not older than a teenager, she has large, downturned eyes, long and wavy hair, and pale skin. She wears a demure white dress, suggesting that the life she lived before she found herself in this dungeon was one of innocence. She stares     ... MORE

Prostitution Precrime? Government Presumes Intentions

by Elizabeth Nolan Brown.     A woman waiting on a street corner. A woman in a tight dress. A woman who speaks to someone walking by, waves to a passing car, looks at you too long. Are there clear, unambiguous meanings to these things? Of course not—they could be the actions of someone selling sex, or of someone waiting for a     ... MORE

Hawaii Cops May Have To Stop Having Sex With Prostitutes

by Oskar Garcia.     Police zippers may go on lockdown. A key Hawaii lawmaker considering an anti-prostitution bill says he and Honolulu police have agreed to get rid of a longtime exemption that allowed officers to have sex with prostitutes. State Sen. Clayton Hee, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he and police agreed at a meeting   ... MORE

Hawaii Law Allows Cops To Have Sex With Prostitutes

by Mike Bertha.      The police lobbied hard. There is apparently an exemption in Hawaiian sex trafficking laws that allows for undercover police officers to have sex with prostitutes while on the job, in an effort to help them more effectively catch the bad guys, obviously. A new law would have done away with the exemption, but that new     ... MORE

The Mythical Invasion Of The Super Bowl Hookers

by Maggie McNeil.        Major events such as World’s Fairs and the Olympics always provide an excuse for governments to “clean things up” in the host cities before the guests arrive. Police sweep people the leaders consider undesirable, embarrassing or just plain unsightly out of public view (and into jails or exile for the duration). The victims   ... MORE

Prostitution Freed From Legal Restrictions In Canada

by Brooke Magnanti.         Yesterday, the long running saga of sex worker Terri Jean Bedford's (pictured at right) challenge to Canadian restrictions on prostitution came to a head as the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down several such laws in Canada v. Bedford. Declaring laws restricting brothel-keeping, negotiating the       ... MORE

A Guide To The World's Most Libertarian Countries

by Alasdair Baverstock.       As Uruguay, a country which has never criminalised cannabis for personal use, turns to legalising its cultivation and distribution, we look at other trailblazing, libertarian countries. In 2001, Portugal became the first European country to decriminalise possession of all drugs for personal use. The country introduced   ... MORE

VIDEO: Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do


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Thomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene

from the brilliant observations department:    I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his — and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a politician's word, that is too close to call. If an American citizen went off to join Hitler's army during   ... MORE

A. Barton Hinkle: Everything Fun Is Illegal In Virginia

Warning: no fornication allowed.   Only one or two centuries late, Virginia lawmakers have decided it is none of their business if unmarried couples share a roof. So the legislators are now working diligently to repeal the state’s law against “lewd and lascivious cohabitation.” Huzzahs all ’round for that. But do not unclutch thy bodice yet. Virginia law  ... MORE

Melissa Gira Grant: The War On Sex Workers

An unholy alliance of feminists, cops, and conservatives.   On August 30, a 19-year-old woman in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was arrested after a prospective client called 911 on her. He claimed she raised her fee for services after their initial online contact. The cops took her away in handcuffs. There’s nothing particularly unusual about this story,  ... MORE

Laurence M Vance: Why Are Brothels Illegal?

Contempt for the principles of liberty and self-ownership.  In contrast to the boring and predictable presidential candidates, there are some unusually colorful candidates who somehow manage to get into office each time there is an election. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was twice elected to the California governorship. Professional wrestler Jesse  ... MORE