Vancouver sex-trade workers and their lawyers brought their case to Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday. They were there to argue the validity of a constitutional change to prostitution laws. Outside the court, other sex-workers and their supporters rallied for the cause. The fight to decriminalize prostitution has been a struggle, but the idea is spreading. ...
Pornographic images and sex acts depicted on tokens dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain have been found in the UK. It is thought that these are tokens that were used at brothels and are considered an important find in terms of the history of pornography and art in general. But it is also important ...
Today is World AIDS Day, but what does today mean for those of us living in Canada? HIV seems to be a thing of the past…at least for those of us living comfortable, middle-class lives. In the 1980s, testing HIV-positive was a devastating diagnosis. Today, with the help of advanced medication, you probably won’t even ...
University funding is always a contentious point. Should the ultimate beneficiaries of education pay for it, or should education, as a public good in itself, be free and not based around its use for financial gain? This point is more difficult than ever at the moment, with many governments having recently upped tuition fees to ...
Women are being disproportionately affected as governments make deep cuts to public service worldwide. In Canada, government cuts are taking away opportunities for change from some of the most disadvantaged women in society. In the UK, a plethora of cuts in local government are chipping away at almost every equality front you can imagine. In ...
A government website that used to promote Canada’s 100th anniversary of flight is now advertising Turkish and American prostitution. They were late on their payment for their domain name and subsequently lost it to a group of pimps. A site meant for celebration and pride, the domain was purchased by Transport Canada to last until ...
Are brothel-owners any better than the pimps who sell their workers on the streets? Believing themselves to be light years better than mere pimps, owners of brothels, “massage” parlors, and escort agencies promote the idea of safety and security to sex workers. This simply can’t be true. Could it? One case surrounds a housewife in ...
After watching movies like Taken and Trade, and reading the real-life details of the ongoing Pickton inquiry, it’s hard to think anyone would be a sex worker voluntarily. We assume that all sex workers are somehow coerced into the trade because a life of selling your body for profit is unimaginable for most of us. But a ...
Sex workers in Vancouver are being forced to work in isolated areas, putting them at greater risk of sexual violence. Criminologist John Lowman blames the police. At an inquiry into the case of serial killer Robert Pickton, Lowman said the police have long been moving prostitutes into isolated, industrial areas of the city similar to ...
Be careful what happens to those naked pictures or you could unwillingly end up being seen as a porn star or prostitute. A woman is suing a company because pictures of her ended up on their website that advertizes prostitution. The pictures were taken by her ex and somehow ended up on the site. She ...
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