Sex work and Porn
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Scotland Yard has been accused of putting prostitutes at risk with its crackdown. Photograph by Alex Segre/Rex
London 2012 Olympics: Crackdown on brothels 'puts sex workers at risk' | UK news | The Observer
March 20 is Equal Pay Day in Belgium, and to draw attention to the country's 22% wage gap for women, zij-kant (a women's group organizing the equal pay efforts) has launched an awareness video and corresponding campaign starring porn actress Sasha Grey. It hinges on the fact that, according to the video, porn is one of the few industries where women are consistently paid more than their male counterparts.
"Become a Porn Actress": Sasha Grey's Equal Pay Day PSA Misses the Point | Bitch Media
James Deen won’t stop apologizing. From the moment he emerges from the garage of his sprawling, gray house and shakes my hand, he’s sorry. He’s sorry about the construction workers patching a hole in his roof.
What Women Want: Porn and the Frontier of Female Sexuality - Lifestyle - GOOD
The Dehumanising Effects of Smut The Porn Ultimatum | Cordelia Fine | The Monthly
Professor Sedgwick would, I think, be surprised – possibly unpleasantly – by the contemporary world.
The other day I saw an ad for a porn site that I found rather disturbing.
Let’s Talk About Extreme Porn
Is Pornography Racist? : Ms Magazine Blog
In her new book Pornland (Beacon Press) author Gail Dines argues that our sexuality is hijacked by the multi-billion-dollar-a-year porn industry. (See my three-part interview with Gail here , here , and here .) Dines also argues that pornography is racist.
In Shira Tarrant’s blog post on race and porn , she interviews some well-known African-American performers to challenge my claim that porn is racist .
Yes, Pornography Is Racist : Ms Magazine Blog
Porn: Pleasure or Profit? Ms. Interviews Gail Dines, Part II : Ms Magazine Blog
In Part I of my interview with Gail Dines , the self-described anti-porn feminist discussed sexual freedom, coercion, safety and harm.Madam Becky Adams who has been running brothels and escort agencies in the Home Counties for the last 20 years should know the ins and outs of the sex industry. She will know her business, and will know the people working for her. As a successful business owner she would know about all her competitors in a large area around her business. Sex workers move from one manager to another, and also often open up independently and or start their own businesses. Rumours and hard information quickly pass through this group of diverse and nomadic people.
International Union of Sex Workers
UPDATE : After posting this guest entry, it was brought to my attention that the blog from which it is cross-posted contains material that is racist, misogynist, fat-shaming and transphobic.
The many types of prostitutes in ancient Rome
The women Let me preface this by saying I grew up in a well-to-do family.
Why do women become sex workers, and why do men go to them? | Society | The Guardian
ANATOMY OF A SEX SYMBOL by Sheila O’Malley | JOAN'S DIGEST
“Maybe I’m a sexless sex goddess.” - Marilyn Monroe to Life magazine journalist Richard Meryman, 1961Nun Lynda Dearlove provides shelter and a sense of family life for sex workers in central London. And despite a pre-Olympics cleanup, the problem is steadily getting worse, Never wear black stockings, Lynda Dearlove's grandmother used to warn her.
A sanctuary for sex workers | Society | The Guardian
As part of ISCHS’s ongoing commitment to dispelling myths and stereotypes about sex work, ISCHS recently published research by RMIT academic Dr James Rowe into HIV risk and prevalence in Victoria’s unregulated sex industry.