Brothels

Chinese Brothel Ad Accidently Ends Up On Cover Of Academic Journal

The Independent/UPenn | Posted 12.10.2008 | World


From The Independent: A respected research institute wanted Chinese classical texts to adorn its journal, something beautiful and elegant, to illust...

Financial Crisis Tames Demand For Prague Brothels

New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 12.09.2008 | World


PRAGUE -- On a recent night at Big Sister, which calls itself the world's biggest Internet brothel, a middle-aged man selected a prostitute by pressin...

Vietnamese Brothel 'Kept Women In Dog Cages'

Telegraph | Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent | Posted 12.09.2008 | World


According to the Thanh Nien newspaper 130 women were held as prisoners at the brothel and forced to work from nine in the morning until 3 a.m he follo...

AIDS Health Workers and Anti-Trafficking Activists -- Is There a Conflict?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.03.2008 | World


Marcia G. Yerman

In March of 2008, I interviewed a senior State Department Official who discussed efforts to highlight awareness of the link between sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS.

Trade Cards, Not People

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Cathleen Falsani

Call Response weaves raw footage shot undercover in brothels and sweatshops in the developing world with talking heads such as Cornel West.

In This Economy, Even Sex Doesn't Sell

Los Angeles Times | Ashley Powers | Posted 11.04.2008 | Business


Reporting from Wells, Nev. -- The women at Donna's Ranch are crowded around the kitchen table on a warm summer night, dining on stir fry, tugging at t...

Sex Industry Spreads Around London: "It's Like Going For a Drink"

guardian.co.uk | Julie Bindel | Posted 09.11.2008 | Style


When Frank rang a brothel in Enfield, he could hear a baby crying in the background. When Alan called one in Southwark, he could make out the sound of...

When Sex Is a Business, You Can't Forget About Demand

Sonia Ossorio | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


Sonia Ossorio

Our image of the jet-set call girl is an illusion. The undeniable truth is they aren't the empowered women characterized in movies, music and the American psyche.

Catholic Bishops Say No to Women Priests, Yes to Hookers

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living


Angela Bonavoglia

Roman Catholic women priests remain conveniently invisible to the whole lot of this dysfunctional boys' club--Biblical and archaeological evidence be damned.