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Spain's Brothel Tourism Boom

New York Times | Posted 04.08.2012

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LA JONQUERA, Spain — She had expected a job in a hotel. But when Valentina arrived here two months ago from Romania, the man who helped her get here...

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Meet The Bizarre, And Growing, Cast Of The 'Madam Millionaire' Case

Posted 03.22.2012

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Accused madam Anna Gristina might have hoped her sexy tabloid-friendly case was going to go away, but this whole Millionaire Madam circus is showing n...

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Husband-Shooting, Tax-Evading Madam Dies

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

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BUTTE, Mont. -- Ruby Garrett ran the last brothel standing in this mining town's once-lively red-light district with a reputation for kindness toward ...

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Flawed Inspiration

Bethany St. James | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Body Type, Prostitution, Self Esteem, Brothels, Women's Issues, Self Image, Empowerment, Body Image, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Style News

The fact is that we are, more often than not, much harder on ourselves than anyone else is. In my experience, men and women often believe that being attractive on the outside has something to do with being attractive on the inside.

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Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Vase-ectomies

Frank Browning | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Brothels, France, Marcel Proust, Masturbation, Arts News

Masturbation is seldom far from the chatter that bubbles up among devotees and scholars of Marcel Proust. This week in Paris another conclave of hyper-Proustians is gathering sponsored by the very crusty INHA, or the French National Institute on the History of Art and their German analogues based in Berlin.

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The Week In Art: Brothels, Naked Poets And Crochets Gone Wild!

Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Art, Naked Muses, Throwing Yourself at Men, Brothels, The Week in Art, Olek, Arts News

Things got a little hot and heavy at HuffPost Arts this week. There were some photos of some brothels and some women throwing themselves at men ... we...

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Brothels, Beaches and Blood

Posted 03.27.2012

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Faceless bodies, dingy spaces and ambiguous dark marks pervade Hirosuke Kitamura's photographs. The Japanese-Brazilian artist captures anonymous image...

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WATCH: Mustang Ranch Brothel Seeks To Become 'Ritz-Carlton Of Whorehouses'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 01.20.2012

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If you build it, they will come. We're not talking about a baseball diamond in the middle of an Iowa cornfield, we're talking about a legal brothel...

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PHOTOS: The Five Artiest Brothels In France

Tony Perrottet | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Paris, France, Europe, Tony Perrottet, Paris Travel, France Travel, Slidepollajax, Brothels, Sex Tourism, Europe Travel, Travel News

By the early 1900s, the so-called "fantasy brothels," which offered Disney-style themed rooms along the lines of Versailles, Venice and the Orient, had opened themselves up to tourists by day.

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Sex Trafficking Survivor Risks Life To Fight Slavery, Spread Of HIV/AIDS

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.30.2011

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This story is part of a series celebrating HIV/AIDS activists in honor of Thursday's World AIDS Day. Her house has been burned down. She's had her ...

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Sex Spa Cover-Up Is a Joke

Bethany St. James | Posted 01.07.2012

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Legalize regulated brothels and focus on shutting down these illegal operations. Combating illegal prostitution is futile unless a viable alternative is available.

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Australia's Largest Brothel Set To Open

AOL Travel News | Posted 07.17.2011

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Sydney is expecting to soon be the home of Australia's largest brothel, a three-story complex featuring an entire floor of double king suites each wit...

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Prostitution in Perspective

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Donna's Ranch, Nevada, Prostitution, Brothels, Senator Harry Reid, Mustang Ranch, Brooke Taylor, Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Politics News

The ladies we met in the brothels were attractive, smart, friendly, savvy, confident and defied stereotypes. Most were not fallen women without other options. Many were educated and had goals.

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Ensign Breaks With Reid On Call To End Legal Prostitution

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that it was time to have an "adult conversation about Nevada's legal sex trade," wh...

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Reid: Time To Ban Brothels

AP | SANDRA CHEREB | Posted 05.25.2011

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CARSON CITY, Nev. — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid took aim at the world's oldest profession Tuesday, telling state lawmakers the time has come to have an...

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Was Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' inspired by visits to brothels and bathhouses?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelangelo's fresco "The Last Judgment" resides in one of the holiest places in the Christian world -- the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Now a rese...

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Sex for Sale: Legalized Prostitution Hurts Human Trafficking Victims

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

Whether or not anyone would willingly choose to prostitute themselves is a separate debate. To the extent that legitimized prostitution increases the demand for human trafficking, a contemporary form of slavery, it must be condemned.

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Canada Decriminaiizes Pimping. Solicting, Running Brothels

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Canada's justice minister says the federal government will appeal an Ontario court ruling that struck down key provisions in Canada's ...

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'Trafficking Victims' Rescued In Brothel Raids In Belfast

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police have said a number of "potential victims of human trafficking" have been rescued in raids on suspected brothels in Belfast. ...

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A Look Inside Istanbul's Transsexual Brothels

GlobalPost | Nicholas Dynan | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Near one of the busiest streets in Istanbul, a row of nondescript houses holds a secret unknown to most foreigners here. The house...

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Spectacular Sold-Out Premiere of Anti-Child Trafficking Film in NYC

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua received a standing ovation from the sold-out, standing room-only crowd at the red carpet world premier of REDLI...

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Brilliant Film Premiers Monday in NYC, Offering Solution to Global Child Exploitation

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Not often does a filmmaker present both an untenable social problem - and its solution. Not often is its filmmaker an artist as well as a banker and ...

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African Sex Slaves Forced To Work In Irish Brothels

GlobalPost | Conor O'Clery | Posted 05.25.2011

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A founder of the Irish Republic, Eamon de Valera, famously idealized Ireland 70 years ago as an innocent land of saints and scholars, whose villages w...

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French Politician Calls For Return Of Brothels

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chantal Brunel, a French MP and member of Nicolas Sarkozy's party, has called for a return to a system of licensed brothels in the country. "Women se...

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Nevada Brothel Aims To Offer First Male Prostitutes

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within...

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