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China Sees Syphilis Boom As Migrants Buy Prostitutes

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Syphilis, China Syphilis, Prostitution, China Sex, Sex Workers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, China Prostitution, China, China Sex Workers, Prostitution Boom, China Syphilis Tenfold, Migrants China, World News

GENEVA — China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economi...

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Commercial Sex Equals Relational Sex?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Prostitution, Relationships, Sex Workers, Sex, Sex Worker, Dating, Living News
Amitai Etzioni

One need not be an old fashioned moralist to be surprised by the sophomoric nature of the New York Times' book review of Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys.

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Cambodia: Collaboration is Needed

Eve Blossom | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Collaboration, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Jobs, Sustainability, Business, Human Trafficking, Women's Rights, Garment Industry, Sex Workers, Garment Workers, Sex Work, International Labor Organization, World News
Eve Blossom

Many see the results of human trafficking and want to get involved; but more importantly, the focus should be on empowering the mechanisms to prevent it.

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DOJ Drops Appeal of Injunction Against "Prostitution Pledge"

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV Prevention, US Global AIDS Policy, Prostitution Pledge, Pepfar, Sex Workers, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its appeal of a court injunction prohibiting enforcement of the "anti prostitution pledge" under U.S. Global AIDS Policy.

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Indian Sex Workers Study Karate (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Prostitution, Video, Sex Workers, Karate, Indian Sex Workers, India, India Sex Workers Karate, Indian Sex, India Sex, Sex India, Sex Video, Indiansex, Indian Sex Video, Video Sex, Sex Indian, India Sex Video, Vidio Sex, Video Sex India, Indian Sex Videos, World News

The BBC reports that sex workers in southern India have responded to abuse and mistreatment by taking up a new skill: karate. There are reportedly nea...

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Vancouver, SEX WORKERS, Training

CJAD | Posted 06.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Sex Workers, Vancouver, Van Couver Sex Workers, Vancouver-Canada, Training, Sex Workers Training, Van Couver, Vancouver Sex Workers Training, Canada, Home News

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver sex trade workers need to know their rights when dealing with cameras and reporters and will be offered media training lea...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 22, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Earnings, Andrew Sullivan, Sex Workers, Wells Fargo, German Sex Workers, Financial Crisis, Bill Kristol, Dennis Blair, Recession, Mark to Market Accounting, Torture Memos, Idiots, Torture, Media News

Well, shucks. I didn't think it'd be possible to ride in that Well Fargo wagon, what with it's wheels all broke and it's axle all draggin'. Turns ou...

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Sex Workers Getting F*cked by Limp Economy

David Henry Sterry | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Hookers, Prostitution, Unemployment, Rent Boys, Economy, Sex Worker, Call Girls, Hos, Health Care, Barack Obama, Recession, Prostitute, Economic Crisis, Sex Workers, Sex, Style News
David Henry Sterry

"Where's my economic stimulus package? Fa' real, I believe if I could get Obama alone in a room for an hour, I could get me some of that $800 billion. Stimulate this, baby!"

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Obama, Please Ignore Kristof For Now

Melissa Gira Grant | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Execution, Rape, Violence Against Women, World, Women's Issues, Sex Workers, Violence, Obama Administration, Hiv, Brothels, Nick Kristoff, Barack Obama, HIV/AIDS, Prostitution, Bush Administration, Human Rights, Women's Health, Sex, Cambodia, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Asia, World News
Melissa Gira Grant

The Bush administration has supported the raids of Cambodian brothels for at least as long as Kristof has been demanding they step up a fight they are already in -- and losing.

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Best Sex Writing 2009 Interview: Susannah Breslin on Eliot Spitzer and prostitution

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 01.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Letters From Johns, Prostitution, Sex Workers, Sex, Susannah Breslin, Letters From Working Girls, Sex Work, Cleis Press, Best Sex Writing 2009, Eliot Spitzer Sex Scandal, Newsweek, Eliot Spitzer, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Style News
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Breslin discusses why men hire sex workers, the media reaction to the Spitzer scandal, and why the personal stories of sex workers and their customers are important.

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Bettie Page: Iconic Beauty Dies but Erotic Heritage Lives On

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 01.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Burlesque, Hugh Hefner, Bettie Page Dies, Sex Workers, Irving Klaw, Bettie Page, Bettie Page Heart Attack, Death, Entertainment News
Theresa Darklady Reed

While most pin-up models can measure their career in months, Bettie Page continued strong for years, earning a spot as Playmate of the Year in then-two year-old Playboy in 1955.

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Stories From A Sex Worker

Guardian.co.uk | Emine Saner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Prostitution, Sex Worker Stories, Prostitutes, Sex Workers, Living as a Hooker, Living News

'You're consenting to being raped for money' A second series of the television drama The Secret Diary of a Call Girl - about a prostitute who loves h...

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