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 [...]

Thai Sex Workers: APNSW Press Release for French Press

APNSW responds to the Mitterand story:
It has come to our attention that there is still continuing debate around the issue of the French Culture Minister,
Frédéric Mitterrand, and his admission that he paid for sex with male sex workers in Thailand. We have seen attacks on him from both the left and the right of French [...]

Older Stories: Sex, Lies, and Craigslist

by Ginny Mies on June 29, 2006
After a few days of correspondence via email, Abigail* determined that it was safe to go out on a date with Phil, a businessman who described himself on his Craigslist ad as having “worldly tastes and gentlemanly manners,” as a man who was looking for a woman to spoil [...]

R.I. police charities solicit donations from “spas”

06:12 PM EDT on Friday, September 18, 2009
By Lynn Arditi
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE — Raising money for charity can be tough, but Rhode Island police organizations have found one business that’s always willing to contribute.
Asian massage parlors or “spas” in Providence which police and local watch-dog groups maintain are often fronts for brothels, have [...]

Audit faults S.F. D.A.’s prostitution program

John Coté, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The program operated by the San Francisco district attorney’s office targeting customers of prostitutes has ill-defined goals and no way to determine its effectiveness, according to a new audit by the city’s budget analyst.
Despite being touted as a national model that comes at no cost to taxpayers, the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Prostitutes may get bailout in Amsterdam

July 3, 4:22 PM
Prostitution: Often called the worlds oldest profession, but times are tough, yes, even for prostitutes!

It seems that the prostitutes in Amsterdam can’t get bank accounts or loans from mainstream institutions according to a Reuters report.
The Amsterdam city council making an effort to solve this pressing problem for one of the [...]