Topic: sex workers

Prostitution Ban In The EU Would Be Bad News For Sex Worker Safety

Prostitution Ban In The EU Would Be Bad News For Sex Worker Safety

Ugh. So anti- this proposal from European women’s groups calling for a prostitution ban spanning the European Union. The aim is to combat gender inequality and violence against women by making selling or paying for sex illegal, a campaign spokeswoman said. But further criminalizing female sex workers, making it impossible for them to earn a living or forcing them into deeper underground avenues seems like kind of a jackass way of helping, no? More »

In The Future, Robot Prostitutes Could Help Fight Disease, Sex Trafficking, Cheaters’ Guilt

In The Future, Robot Prostitutes Could Help Fight Disease, Sex Trafficking, Cheaters' Guilt

It’s Friday, so let’s do something light and weird, shall we? Like robot prostitutes. According to some New Zealand researchers, brothels of the future will feature robot prostitutes, “a range of sexual gods and goddesses of different ethnicity, body shapes, ages, languages and sexual features” which could help stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections and human sex trafficking. More »

Sex Workers To Police: Please Stop Confiscating Our Condoms

Sex Workers To Police: Please Stop Confiscating Our Condoms

In New York, it’s a common practice for police to confiscate condoms as evidence in cases of alleged prostitution. Unfortunately, that means that sex workers, who are already at risk of sexual violence and who often don’t have health care and who really, really need on-the-job protection in the form of condoms, are faced with a dangerous choice: continue to work (because they need to make a living) and put themselves at greater risk of HIV and other STIs, or stop working, go hungry, and possibly risk abuse from their pimp. More »

Public Ad Campaign Says Sex Workers Deserve Health Care; I Don’t Want To See It

Public Ad Campaign Says Sex Workers Deserve Health Care; I Don't Want To See It

Wow, if over-protective moms got their panties in a wad over Schweddy Balls, imagine how they will react when they see ads for a health care clinic that caters to prostitutes running on the side of buses throughout San Francisco. The new ad campaign features smiling faces of local sex workers (which include those who make a living through prostitution, escort services, phone sex, Internet webcam sex, erotic dancing or pornography), their families and health care providers from St. James Infirmary whose message is that these professionals have a right to health care just like the rest of us. Which is fine, but I just don’t think it should be advertised in public. More »