'I Have My Own Life': The Case for Legalizing Sex Work
It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.
It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.
Podcaster Molly Lambert's gambit to get listeners to critically examine the conflation of sex work is mostly successful.
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The law is an important step, but ending police harassment of sex workers requires decriminalizing the trade entirely.
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Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown makes the case for legalizing sex work. Author Julie Bindel wants customers to be held criminally liable.
Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown makes the case for legalizing sex work. Author Julie Bindel wants customers to be held criminally liable.
"I am not okay with you making laws that prevent me from doing what I feel is good for me."
"I am not okay with you making laws that prevent me from doing what I feel is good for me."
Sex, money, and the future of online free speech
One bill would repeal a range of laws against sex work, while the other would change them from criminal to civil offenses.
Belgium is the first country in Europe to decriminalize selling and paying for sex.
The SAFE SEX Workers Study Act would look at the impact of FOSTA and the seizure of sites like Backpage and Rentboy.
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In addition, 201 "sex buyers" were arrested.
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Under S.B. 315, it is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail, to employ 18- to 20-year-olds at any sexually oriented business.
Federal Judge Susan Brnovich was recently forced to declare a mistrial, which was a bad sign for the prosecution.
Judge said she has concerns that the government crossed the line several times.
The defendants are not on trial for child sex trafficking, yet prosecutor Reggie Jones wouldn't stop talking about it.
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Five men face "trafficking a person for sexual servitude" charges after meeting an undercover cop at a hotel.
St. James fought for sex workers at a time when the mainstream U.S. feminist movement was hostile to them and leftist organizers portrayed them as victims.
The only thing FOSTA has done is chill speech and make catching sex traffickers more difficult.
The penalty for employing 18- to 20-year-olds to work nude, topless, or "in a sexually oriented commercial activity" is now 2 to 20 years in prison.
Portland police are calling it "human trafficking," but it was just an old-fashioned vice bust.
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Two women still face felony charges, though the cases against all male defendants were dropped.
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Charges against Kraft were (rightfully) dismissed. The women he patronized now have criminal records.
Judge Susan Brnovich said no reasonable person would question her impartiality just because her husband already says they're guilty.
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