The City of Dixon in Northern California is trying to crack down on illicit massage parlors serving as fronts for sex service providers, though a recent attempt at passing legislation that would require licenses, fees, and attire for massage professionals was kicked back to the city counsel for redrafting.
An in depth analysis of over 100 prostitutes from the Chicago area has produced a clear string of evidence of rampant violence and abuse within the industry.
Though a fervent feminist in her own right, this blogger reflects on a conversation she had in college with a stripper who danced to feed her kids and earn a better paycheck.
San Francisco may be the city of brotherly love, but for prostitutes, this city is a tough nut to crack, only partially due to the high prevalence of homosexuality. The saturation of sex workers in the area makes prostitutes get innovative in increasing their revenue streams, and many turn to the Internet for alternative venues to profit from their sex work.
The British police, in their largest crackdown on prostitution ever, uncovered over 18,000 women and children that have been funneled into massage parlors and private homes to be employed as sex workers.
In 2006 Heidi Fleiss; one of the most prolific madams of all time, began an escapade to create the first high-scale brothel catering specifically to women. Along the way, she was exposed to many harsh realities inherent to the difficulty in setting up a whore house in America: even in a place where the business is presumably legal.
Brothels located over 30 minutes from a major city often rely on trucker traffic in order to sustain healthy profit margins.
This guy has been married to his wife for 11 years and is worried that she has no concerns for his sexual needs, as they have gone over 6 months without sex and she's content to just remedy her needs with a vibrator. He needs more, and is thinking about seeing a prostitute, this columnists has another suggestion: therapy.
The UK has instigated a new initiative to try to curb sex trafficking and prostitution with a slew of posters to be presented in clubs and discos with the slogan "Walk in a Punter. Walk out a Rapist". The slogan refers to the fact that many women working in brothels are illegally trafficked there against their will, and so any sexual acts performed on them are tantamount to rape.
Child prostitution has become a major scourge on the International travel community, and it appears that managing the prosecution of International visitors who come to countries such as the Philippians, with an estimated 20,000 child prostitutes, is a tricky political game.
