Oldie but Goodie: ‘Whore’ stigma devalues women, victims of violent crimes

by Guest Columnist
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
 

This is the second part of a five-part series promoting Sex Out Loud's annual Sexual Health Week.Last November, four women were killed in a hate crime. On Nov. 28, the corpses of Kimberly Raffo, Barbara Breidor, Tracy Ann Roberts and Molly Jean Dilts were found in a drainage ditch near [...]

Oldie but goodie: The whore, her stigma, the punter and his wife

new internationalist
issue 252 – February 1994

Nickie Roberts delves into some hidden history –
and comes up with challenging proposals for the future.

A prostitute is raped by a client. She does not bother to report the crime to the police, because in their eyes the rape of a hooker isn’t a crime: ‘You’re a whore, what do [...]

Canada: Toronto’s 44-year-old stripper goes international

Posted Toronto, National Post
Posted: November 18, 2008, 4:21 PM by Rob Roberts
 
Fox News has seized on our story yesterday about Kimberlee Ouwroulis, the 44-year-old exotic dancer who has filed a rights complaint against a Mississauga strip club that allegedly fired her because of her age.
Here’s how Ouwroulis describes what happened: ‘‘The manager called me into [...]

Canada: Stripper, 44, charges age discrimination

Posted: November 17, 2008, 8:45 AM by Karen Hawthorne

Exotic dancer Kimberlee Ouwroulis has filed a complaint against a Mississauga strip club, New Locomotion, saying she was fired because of her age. The 44-year-old, who has taken an age discrimination complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, spoke to the Post’s Rob Roberts:
Q My first [...]

Canada: Stripper says she was fired over age

Whitchurch-Stouffville

October 04, 2008 12:43 AM
Stouffville dancer told club going ‘younger’
By: Louie Rosella
Kimberlee Ouwroulis doesn’t believe her age should be a roadblock to success.
So, the 44-year-old adult dancer from Stouffville has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, alleging the owner of a Mississauga strip club fired her because she was too [...]

Ashley Dupré Exclusive: ‘My Side of the Story’

Escort at Center of Eliot Spitzer Scandal Talks to Diane Sawyer
By KIMBERLY LAUNIER and KATIE ESCHERICH
Nov. 19, 2008—
 
The young woman at the center of the historic downfall of the governor of New York is finally speaking out.
Ashley Dupré, the 23-year-old former escort who was the target of intense media scrutiny in the days after Gov. [...]

Ex-Call Girl Ashley Dupré: I’m a ‘Normal Girl’

By Mark Dagostino
Originally posted Wednesday November 19, 2008 08:00 AM EST
She was the tabloid sensation at the center of the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. But in her very first interview, Ashley Alexandra Dupré tells PEOPLE, “I am a normal girl.”
“Everyone knows me as ‘that girl,’ but I’m not [...]

India: Hijras face further harassment

http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/13/stories/2008111361820400.htm
Staff Reporter

‘It is wrong to target the whole community’

Bangalore: Hijras residing at Dasarahalli, who have been under pressure to vacate their houses following notices served by the police, were allegedly subjected to further abuse on Wednesday morning.
Soummya, a hirjra from the area, said the police arrived on Wednesday night and announced on loudspeakers that [...]

India: MP from Nepal shocked over Dasarahalli incidents

http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/13/stories/2008111350580200.htm
Bageshree S.
Bangalore: “How can an entire community be targeted because two of its members are facing criminal charges,” asks Sunil Pant incredulously, referring to the incidents in Dasarahalli in Bangalore where hijras were targeted and turned out of homes over the alleged involvement of two members of the community in a crime.
Coming from a country [...]

India: Stop Abuse of Sexual Rights Activists

Police Accused of Violence, Sexual Abuse Against 42 in Bangalore
 
(New York, October 28, 2008) – Indian authorities should investigate the mass arrests and ill-treatment of activists working on sexual orientation and gender-identity issues in Bangalore and punish those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.
 
On October 20, 2008, police arrested five hijras (working-class, male-to-female, transgender people), [...]