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New York On the Cusp of Sex Law Overhaul as Half-Meausres Fail A report on the NYC diversion program, which effectively decriminalizes sex work with changing any laws, in today's Times: "Variations of the diversion program have sprung up across the country. Seattle, Atlanta and Santa Fe...

Good point. And can't disagree with Patron or Dave in Pheonix that the prospects of any US jurisdiction decriminalizing anytime soon are dim. But many of the current decrim proponents are coming at the issue from a socialist/labor standards/human rights angle, rather than from the (often...

And here is the prime sponsor of the NYS decriminalization bill, Julia Salazar, denouncing the Hollywood types moving in to "save the victims": https://twitter.com/juliacarmel__/status/1199144598775439360

Great thread, great discussion.

Patron, Thanks for your response and insight. Apologies in advance for the length of the post, but sitting here in court waiting all day with nothing to do. My thoughts in response to you, neverbored, rollingstone: I spent about a year looking for a regular local NYC SP in the ~$600/hr...

Great discussion. Far more sophisticated and enlightening than discussions of the same topics among hobbyists who frequent underdeveloped countries, like Thailand, the DR or Costa Rica. But the platitudes about price being a function of supply and demand misses some some of the critical market...

There has long been a deep split between "pro-sex" and "anti-sex" within US radical feminists, as far back as the 1980s when I was an undergraduate majoring in women's studies. The anti-sexers viewed any heterosexual sex and pornography as inherently exploitative and perpetuative of male...

Patron, I agree that the injection of West Coast celebrities is unhelpful. But there is a significant discussion of economic justice around the NY legislation that has actually been introduced. In fact, my New York State Senator Julia Salazar is a Democratic Socialist, and she is the prime...