December 26, 2008
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PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Chantha said there was nothing else she could do in Cambodia but become a prostitute.
“If you don’t even have a dollar in your pocket to buy rice, how can you bear looking at your starving relatives?” she said.
“You do whatever to survive, until you start to realize the consequence [...]
My Messy Bedroom
Virginity goes on sale and clitoris becomes ungoogleable in Josey’s roundup of the year in sex
Published December 24, 2008
by Josey Vogels in My Messy Bedroom
It was quite a year for sex. Extramarital affairs thrived online while the clitoris vanished. We lost Bettie Page and Playgirl and gay marriage got left at the [...]
The Scarlet Alliance and CAAH have begun working together in the fight against violence against GLBT people and sex workers.
Last week the two groups held a rally on International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, which included a march through Kings Cross.
“Today is the day sex workers across the world take a stand for [...]
Randy roundup 2008
From Love Bites, EYE Weekly
BY Sasha December 23, 2008 21:12
“I love to play strippers and to imitate them,” says America’s newly crowned sweetheart Tina Fey in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. “I love using that idea for comedy, but the idea of actually going there? I feel like we all need [...]
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
By: Jonathan Miller
In brief
Taking a stand against social stigmas, the Sex Workers Outreach Project, an activist group for workers in the sex industry, staged a protest Dec. 17 in Washington, D.C., for recognition of their legal rights by police.
Sex workers not only face the risk of contracting disease, but also must [...]
Alternatives For Girls (AFG) reports that 100% of the girls and women in the sex industry who access AFG’s exiting services are victims of violence. Recently the world acknowledged the “International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers”, but every day of the year, AFG works to support women as they stand up against relationship [...]
by Azadeh Azad
22-Dec-2008
The sex trade is a growing industry in Iran, especially in Greater Tehran. Yet, there is not much field research being carried out on this subject. The reason is twofold. First, the official discourse of the Islamic State in Iran continues to deny the existence of the sex trade in the country, which [...]
Women ranging from 20 to 49 in age were all booked on same day.
By Shoshana Walter
THE LEDGER
Published: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 10:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 10:54 p.m.
LAKELAND | An undercover operation resulted in the arrests last week of nine women on prostitution-related charges.
A Lakeland police officer posed as a John, [...]
