US Navy officer Timothy Davis found not guilty of raping prostitute in Sydney brothel

AAP
November 23, 2009 4:26PM
A US sailor cleared today of raping a prostitute in a Sydney brothel is “looking forward” to returning to California.
While Petty Officer Timothy Davis had admitted using a “lockdown manoeuvre” to pin the woman to the bed, he denied forcing himself on her, saying he had only wanted his money back.
The [...]

Prostitution in Georgian London: Harlot’s progress

Oct 15th 2009
From The Economist print edition
The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital. By Dan Cruickshank. Random House: 688 pages; £25. Buy from Amazon.co.uk
AS MANY as one in five young women were prostitutes in 18th-century London. The Covent Garden that tourists frequent today was the centre of a [...]

Lessons from a Mexican Brothel

by Patty Kelly on June 16, 2009
On a chilly March morning, my friend Abraham and I head out by car from Washington, D.C. to rural Virginia to do some exploring. Visiting from Mexico City, Abraham has been to New York City many times. But large cities can give a visitor the wrong idea about a [...]

CA: David Asper: Why turn prostitutes into criminals?

Posted: October 08, 2009, 1:00 PM by Chris Selley
David Asper
With our prostitution laws being challenged in the courts, moral questions about the world’s oldest profession are being debated in Canada.
And not for the first time.
In the mid 1980s, the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution — known as the Fraser Committee — extensively studied Canada’s [...]

NV: Dozens Reply to Call For Male Prostitutes Special

By Jeff Knebel.
Published Jun 8, 2009
Inquiries began pouring in at the Shady Lady Ranch just days after owner Bobbi Davis publicized her plans to erect the new services she hopes will arouse new clientele and help to stimulate the limp industry.
As of Saturday, more than 60 candidates had responded to the Nevada brothel’s [...]

The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking

By Noy Thrupkaew
This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation.
September 16, 2009
This article is the first part of a two-part series. The next installment will explore alternative approaches to addressing the problem of trafficking for the purposes of forced prostitution.
–The Editors
Gary Haugen is cradling the padlocks in his thick hands. A [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Amsterdam considering bank help for prostitutes

Fri Jul 3, 2009 6:17am EDT
By Ben Berkowitz
AMSTERDAM (Reuters Life!) – Amsterdam city council is turning its attention to a pressing problem for one of the city’s key business sectors — banking and credit for prostitutes who can’t get accounts from mainstream institutions.
The city’s red light district is famed the world over for its women [...]