A woman and her child are killed because of CraigsList. Moral of the story...stop having babies! AGs should step in and regulate births to prevent any more killing of children. Either that or arrest anyone under the age of 5 as a murder-prevention measure. That'll take care of pyschotic baby-killers! What? Wrong violence-preventation strategy? If it "works" for sex workers, why can't it "work" for helpless children too? (Thanks to a friend for the link.)
This report on sex workers with HIV, though scary on the surface, just re-confirms that sex work isn't the issue, drug addiction is. And anyone can be a drug addict.
Mumbai's red light district being sold to real estate developers. (Thanks for the link to a BnG poster.)
"Shell said that he has been surprised by the response he receives from college students. "They don't care about condom usage or about their partners," he said, adding, "There is a blatant disregard that anything is going to happen to them." I think I'm including this here simply to contrast it with most sex workers' hyper-awareness of disease risk, yet sex workers are considered major disease vectors when statistics don't bear this out.
Possible legal advisor for the US State Department, Harold Hongju Koh, is roundly reviled in this article for having "European" views on many things. This includes the radical notion that sex work should be decrminalized as part of ending discrimination against women (a UN convention in 1979). Just someone I think it would be good to get to know.
This has nothing to do with anything...
The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 even regulated how often burlesque dancers could be required to strip. Just thought it was interesting that burlesque was once considered a real job at the federal level. (This link goes more in-depth into the bill, but it has many pop-ups!)
Somehow that Madoff may've visited massage parlors or escorts has something to do with him running a Ponzi scheme. Someone please connect the dots for me.
South Carolina goes after CraigsList Erotic Services ads because...well, crime is at an all-time low and there really isn't anything else to do.
(Thanks to a friend for both links.)
The economy is bringing an influx of newbie sex workers to the field. $2000 in a good night in this economy for a newbie stripper? I'm not quite buying it. I know the clubs in Vegas are packed -- with strippers!
Sex work indeed offers a flexible schedule. Fast cash? Not as much as it used to. Easy cash? Never.
(Thanks to a friend for the link.)
The Pope doesn't think condom distribution curbs the spread of AIDS. "On the contrary, it increases the problem." Right, Pope. Medical science proves that completely. Much like Bush, he feels abstinence is the answer to stopping AIDS. That one works well for asexual people, not so well for everyone else.
The Vatican responds to the outcry following the Pope's reckless statement, contending it was mostly symbolic and morality-based. No, I don't think so. It sounded pretty blunt and literal to me.
Dayton, OH arresting more HIV-positive sex workers than before. They're speaking of setting up a special treatment center for them since these sex workers have drug addictions as well (my guess: IV-drugs, hence the AIDS). A needle exchange might be useful as well, but this idea is not in the article.
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