We have previously written with approval of Sweden’s approach to prostitution. In 1999, Sweden made it a crime to buy sex but not to sell it. The Swedes removed legal jeopardy from prostituted women but increased it for pimps and johns. After the police were trained in the implementation of the new law, the incidence […]
Month: June 2008
News Roundup: Age of Entry into Prostitution Declining
Ads from the June 12 Valley Advocate: “Consenting Adults” proclaims one of the ads above. An odd phrase to apply to a legitimate massage service, but perfectly understandable for a commercial sex business. Smokescreen phrases like these are often employed by defenders of prostitution in attempts to stifle debate. They are not convincing. Studies that […]
Northampton: Feminist Film Series on Sex Trafficking and Exploitation
Local feminists are screening films this month to raise awareness about sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Both of the following will be shown in the Media Education Foundation Community Room, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton MA. Trade Saturday, June 21, 7pmWhen 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off […]
Dominique Bressi to Compete in June 22 Ironman to Raise Funds for Stop Porn Culture
It is our pleasure to publicize this fundraising appeal from Dominique Bressi. She will compete in the 2008 Coeur D’Alene Ironman on June 22 to raise funds for Stop Porn Culture. Show your support and make your tax-deductible contribution by June 20. I will be racing in the 2008 Coeur D’Alene Ironman, a distinguished athletic […]
StopPornCulture! Launches Website; Online Slide Show Available
We welcome the launch of StopPornCulture!’s website at http://www.stoppornculture.org/. SPC is the newest evolution of a longstanding feminist movement against porn: …With the explosion of technology and increased accessibility of pornography via the internet in the late 1990s and early 2000s, feminists from around the country began to organize meetings to discuss the proliferation of […]
“Facing the Wall”, a Poem by Janet Aalfs
Janet Aalfs is a former Poet Laureate of Northampton and the director of Valley Women’s Martial Arts. Her poetry collection Reach was published by Perugia Press in 1999. The poem below is reprinted with permission from her chapbook Full Open (Orogeny Press, 1996). Facing the Wall 1. Someone found a heart on market street not […]
Hartford Pedophile: “Reardon has the potential to go down in the history of the United States of America as one of the biggest monsters in this genre” (explicit)
Porn merchants like Amazing.net/Goflix.com, and their business partners, find that it’s stimulating, entertaining, and/or profitable to sell images of the abuse of the young and the weak. Movies sold at Goflix.com include: Abuse of PowerA young athlete is taken advantage of by his own doctor! A perverted policeman… An innocent cop is bullied by a […]
How to Deter Johns from Buying Sex
Far from the common belief that ‘prostitution will always be with us’, it’s not that hard to deter johns from buying sex. These two articles present the results of a survey of 110 Scottish men between the ages of 18 and 77 who had paid for sex: Sex industry in Scotland: Name and shame the […]