Sex Work

Recently, sex work activists on Twitter took notice of a news story about the recently publicized ProstCost study by Le Mouvement du Nid that claims prostitution costs France 1.6 billion euros per year. Since the internet is full of studies of "the cost of X" that are little more than some organization's talking points. I thought it might be worthwhile to take a closer look at … [Read more...] about ProstCost – Part 1 of 3: Missing the Benefits

So last weekend I had a conversation with my wife that went something like this: Me: I've got some busy evenings this week. On Tuesday...um, this is going to be one of those awkward conversations...Her: As long as you're not seeing any hookers.(silence for a few seconds)Me: How about a retired hooker?(silence again)Her: That would be okay. Maggie McNeill … [Read more...] about Maggie McNeill at Liberty On the Rocks

A couple of weeks ago Somaly Mam resigned from the anti-human-trafficking foundation that used to bear her name. (Apparently, it's changing its branding from the Somaly Mam Foundation to just SMF.) It turns out she had been lying about important parts of her life story, including the part about being sold into forced prostitution. She also claimed to have rescued young women … [Read more...] about How the Real Professional Human Traffickers Do It

Sid Davis was a producer of educational films for children in the 1950's and '60's. All the ones I've seen were painful to watch, but one of them managed to achieve infamy: Boys Beware (1961), which warns children and parents of the dangers presented by homosexuals.As you'd expect from that description, it's vile crap that conflates homosexuality with predatory pedophilia. … [Read more...] about Boys and Harlots Beware