Former Spearmint Rhino dancer sues club in labor dispute

By Scott Hadly (Contact)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
A former exotic dancer for the Spearmint Rhino in Oxnard has sued the adult nightclub chain in federal court, saying she and other dancers should be given rights as regular employees.
The woman, who is referred to in the suit as Jane Doe 2, is one of two women who [...]

German prostitutes defend ‘flat rate’ brothels

Reuters | 07/27/2009 3:37 PM
BERLIN – Prostitutes in Germany are fighting back against attempts by conservative politicians and some irate residents to stop popular “flat-rate” brothels.
Officials in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg launched moves to stop one brothel with a “flat-rate” fee system because they viewed it as inhumane for women to provide unlimited sexual services [...]

German brothels’ offer: unlimited sex for flat rate

July 29, 2009
In Germany, where prostitution is legal, the global recession has pushed brothel operators to come up with this innovation: unlimited sex for a fixed price.
It’s prostitution’s take on all-you-can-eat dining.
The daytime rate is $100 for all the sex — as well as food and drink — that customers want between 10 a.m. and [...]

Congressman Attacks NIH Funding for Study on Prostitutes

July 24, 2009
Studies of sex workers and drug abusers are an easy target, and today a conservative member of Congress took pot shots at three such overseas projects—all part of the U.S.-funded effort to understand and halt the spread of HIV/AIDS. Representative Darrell Issa (R–CA) was successful in stripping the relevant grant money from the [...]

Mommy does Dallas

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 14:09 PDT
From Salon’s Broadsheet
Here’s a knotty — and partly NSFW — saga from the city by the bay. Back in April, Matt Smith of the San Francisco Weekly revealed that California state government funding designed to make businesses more competitive had (long story short) gone to subsidize job training in [...]

SA: ‘Children used for sex’

July 08 2009 at 12:04PM
By Fouzia van der Fort
Children are being smuggled underground to have sex with illegal miners who live and work in disused mine shafts, says the director-general for the Department of Mineral Resources, Advocate Sandile Nogxina.
Nogxina was presenting a departmental report to a public hearing on illegal mining at parliament on Tuesday.
Johnny [...]

Child labor in Lebanon: A breakdown

Posted July 6th, 2009
Lebanon has the highest proportion of working kids aged 10 to 17 in the world, with over 100,000 children in the country who are victims of child labor and illicit trafficking. Rights groups say better coverage of the often misreported story could help inform people about the realities of child [...]

RIGHTS-SOUTH KOREA: Prostitution Thrives with U.S. Military Presence

By Zoltán Dujisin
SEOUL, Jul 7 (IPS) – With the presence of U.S. soldiers, flesh trade is flourishing near the Camp Stanley Camptown close to Seoul.
Since 1945, U.S. troops have been stationed in the Korean peninsula, with their current strength estimated to be 28,500. The country plunged into civil war between 1950 and 1953 and since [...]

Craigslist goes Stag

By Juliette Tang
Let’s face it: Craigslist’s new “Adult Services” listing is pretty much just like the old Erotic Services one, but with a new name, a higher price tag, more inconvenience, and no more nude photos. But there’s a new Web site coming to town that might change the face of online soliciting for good: [...]

TX: Busting brothels proves difficult

Despite residents’ complaints, Houston officers struggle to build cases and close illegal venues
By BRIAN ROGERS
Copyright 2009 Houston Chonicle
July 6, 2009, 11:11AM
Bart Jones remains frustrated that sexually oriented businesses, including illegal brothels, are open for business in his neighborhood after authorities closed a nearby strip club earlier this year.
“There’s too much crime associated with those businesses [...]