prostitution issues

BBC News: The women seeking rich older men to pay their university fees "It's been euphemistically referred to as "mutually beneficial, transactional dating" but is the growing world of "sugar daddy" relationships just a sanitised term for sex work? Freya is 22 and wearing jogging bottoms and...

After the first of June it will be illegal to pay for sex in Northern Ireland, though not in the rest of the UK, and a similar measure is being considered in the Republic. Is this a good idea? In one of the more novel uses of crowdfunding the law is being challenged in a case that will almost...

More police absurdity, this time from the Hawaii 5-0 Vice Squad: Let me see if I can explain the position of the Hawaii police: it's against department policy for undercover police to have sex with prostitutes. However, if they do it then they will do it responsibly. Therefore it's of the...

Can anyone come up with a rationale for prostitution being illegal? Making it legal (as it is in Australia) means it is safer for both sex workers and clients. Prostitution might not be a wonderful career choice, and probably wouldn't exist in an ideal world, but it won't go away. Why make...

...of Canada, that is. I was completely surprised by this news. Somehow I missed any brewing controversy in Canadian current affairs. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/canada-anti-prostitution-law_n_4480105.html ETA: Better link from BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25468587

Fighting Over Online Sex Ads Here's what they say they do to prevent ads for minors: We don't blame the maker of a gun if the gun is used by a criminal. We don't blame the maker of a car if its driver disobeys traffic laws. But they want to shut this whole business down because of a few bad...

i will be outraged if DSK isn't charged with solicitation of a prostitute at the end of day, if DSK has sex with a prostitute.. isnt that in itself a crime? Dominique Strauss Kahn -DSK the former IMF chief accused of raping a hotel maid, and it now turns out she is a hooker

In a move sure to make the fundies smile, Craigslist has censured it's adult services tab in the USA. Wow, that's a pretty nice cash cow to have to slaughter for a hamburger. Of course proxy users can still access the pages from overseas, but there wont be any local girls/guys for rent...

RE: Legislation... what's the difference between prostitution and porn? Can someone clarify this for me... maybe I have confused myself. Porn is sex for money on camera Prostitution is sex for money. Why does (some) countries allow porn but not prostitution? What is the justification?

There have been a number of threads about the issue of legalisation. These discussions seem to come down with most people on this forum being in favour of legalising prostitution. But an article I read recently got me thinking about the public health side of things. I can't find the article...

... you might start your life as a nun and end up a call-girl. And I though that Denmark is a strange country :) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3561231.stm