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Mad Men: Controversy as Joan Lowers Herself to Rise and Peggy Exits Anticlimactically (as SCDP Gets Its Halo Client)

William Bradley | Posted 05.30.2012

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William Bradley

As soon as I saw what happened, I figured there would be a lot of controversy about the latest episode of Mad Men, "The Other Woman." And sure enough, there is.

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D.C. Police Once Tried To March Prostitutes To Virginia

Posted 05.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press has asked the Metropolitan Police Department to designate the 1100 block of 13th Street NW a "prostitution-free zon...

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A Brief Reflection on Sex Work

Erika L. Sánchez | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Prostitution, Sex Work, Women, Sex Trafficking, Sex, Women Body, Latino Voices News
Erika L. Sánchez

I never intended to look at sex workers as an othering voyeur, but rather as a woman who is both genuinely curious, empathetic, and outraged at the conditions that force them into this kind of work.

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Pimps Tattoo Bar Code on Victim's Neck

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2012

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Conchita Sarnoff

Pimps brand their victims the way Nike brands its shoes. A 16 year-old girl identified as "Taz" in an op-ed was "branded" on her neck with a safety pin when she refused a tattoo.

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4 Secret Service Agents Plan To Fight Their Dismissals

The Washington Post | Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura | Posted 05.22.2012

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Four Secret Service employees have decided to fight their dismissals for engaging in inappropriate conduct in Colombia last month, a development that ...

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Transgender Ladies Of The Night

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.22.2012

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At first glance, Christer Strömholm's black-and-white photos appear to be tributes to the glamorous altar of Parisian nightlife in the sixties. Brigi...

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Sending Sex Traffickers and Johns a Message Before NATO

Rachel Durchslag | Posted 05.17.2012

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Rachel Durchslag

In preparation for NATO, both local law enforcement and the military are sending a message to pimps, traffickers and potential customers: If you buy sex in Chicago, there will be consequences for your crimes.

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Don't Fall for Lies About Prostitution

Rob McKenna | Posted 05.17.2012

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Rob McKenna

In Lifetime's Client List, the portrayal of prostitution as rewarding and honorable is a stark departure from a reality in which prostitutes overwhelmingly don't find their work glamorous.

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Why Beggars Must Be Choosers

Becca Stevens | Posted 05.17.2012

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Becca Stevens

As the founding volunteer director for Thistle Farms I have long ago bought into the myth that beggars can't be choosers. As a professional beggar and priest for more than 20 years, I now understand beggars have to be choosy.

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How To Spot A Prostitute, The Cab Driver Edition

Posted 05.16.2012

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A new bill in city council, seemingly modeled after the plotline of Taxi Driver, aims to give hookers a fare chance at escaping exploitation. The ...

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Why Men Won't Talk About Impotence

Ann Bauer | Posted 05.24.2012

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Ann Bauer

In researching my book, I asked men about performance issues. What happens in your head when you can't get it up? How does it become (as I've heard it can be) a self-perpetuating problem? I'm close to literally a dozen fine, garrulous older men. But when I broached this topic, every one of them turned red and stammered and then was struck mute.

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Sex-Worker Shootout Started Over iPhones, Cops Say

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.11.2012

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Apparently owning a smart phone does not boost its user's intelligence. Two men who told police that prostitutes stole their iPhones allegedly star...

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WATCH: Woman Busted For Allegedly Using Hot Dog Truck As Prostitution Front

Posted 05.08.2012

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A Long Island mother of four was arrested on Thursday after authorities say she offered to engage in illegal sexual conduct with an undercover cop fro...

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Secret Service Hooker Says She Could've Stolen Top Secret Obama Info

TMZ | Posted 05.04.2012

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The Colombian prostitute behind the massive Secret Service scandal claims she had access to top secret government info during her tryst with an SS age...

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Margaret Wheeler Johnson

Can Prostitution Be Empowering?

HuffingtonPost.com | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 05.03.2012

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"They don’t think they are prostitutes," said Małgorzata Szumowska, the Polish director and co-writer of the new film "Elles," which premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, of the women this movie is, at least in part, about. "Absolutely not. For them it is dating."

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Interview: Whoring and Hustling With Michael Glawogger

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.01.2012

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Kisa Lala

Director Michael Glawogger has a knack for shadowing pimps and hookers through the city's armpits. The third part of his existential trilogy that began with Megacities and Workingman's Death culminates in the whorehouses of three metropolises.

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Why Men Risk Their Jobs For Sex

Posted 04.30.2012

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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/27/2012 06:51 PM EDT on LiveScience The Secret Service is running an internal inve...

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David Lohr

New York State Police Prostitution Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.30.2012

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Three state troopers in western New York have been suspended as part of a State Police investigation into allegations that at least one of the trooper...

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Riley Takes Off Her Wedding Ring, On 'The Client List'

Posted 04.30.2012

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Previously on "The Client List" (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on Lifetime) Riley Parks (Jennifer Love Hewitt) told her kids that their dad had run off and left th...

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Republican Asked To Resign After Red Light District Picture Surfaces

Posted 04.27.2012

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Michael Wiener, a GOP county commissioner in New Mexico, is being asked to resign after a picture of him posing with scantily clad women in a well-kno...

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8 Weirdest Things People Have Tried To Trade For Sex

Oddee.com | Posted 04.24.2012

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Prostitution may be the world's oldest profession, but from zoo tickets to 'World of Warcraft' currency, people are constantly coming up with newer--a...

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Father/Son Team Ran Prostitution Ring, Branded Women With Tattoos

Posted 04.24.2012

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A father/son team arrested in early April for allegedly operating a brutal sex trafficking business in Manhattan, branded their prostitutes with tatto...

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Why Men Should Take A Lesson From Women On Cheating

Vicki Larson | Posted 04.21.2012

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Vicki Larson

Please don't keep thinking that women cheat just for romance and love, or because we're not getting fulfilled at home; we also cheat for the thrill of it, the passion and the novelty, and because we can -- just like men.

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White House Fires Back At Palin Secret Service Criticism

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 04.21.2012

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney fired back at Sarah Palin's criticism of the Secret Service after a recent prostitution scandal, saying "it is ...

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Those Secret Service Cowboys

Lauren Ashburn | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Prostitution, Colombia, Ron Kessler, Secret Service, Secret Service Scandal, Secret Service Escort, Secret Service Prostitution, Obama Secret Service, Secret Service Obama, Secret Service Colombia, Politics News
Lauren Ashburn

Secret Service has started to clean house: Out of 11 agents placed on administrative leave, three are gone. One was allowed to retire, one resigned and one fired with cause on Wednesday.

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