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A few individual escorts publicly speaking out won't be very effective by itself in the long run anyway. The response from the prohibitionists is to continue claiming that they are an extremely small minority, or pushed to come forward by evil pimp overlords. What is needed is real academic...

I'm guessing the point, like all the silly articles like this, is for the anti-sex work types to attempt to conflate all sex work (apparently even stripping) with any story of abuse they can find, no matter if it's real, made up, or hugely exaggerated at their urging. And according to the...

Have there been any surveys in Canada, like this one in Australia a few years ago? I can`t find any. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/64277.php https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?236039-The-Ask-A-Hooker-Thread/page36 But is that really what is standing in the way? Most outcall...

But why would it be returning to the F1 schedule in 2010 unless government has caved in to Ecclestone's $$$ demands? I can't see any level of government being able to justify annually handing over huge amounts of cash for this. The last I heard, Ecclestone was still complaining that they could...

If you're interested in a relevant historical parallel to the recent misguided hysteria fuelled by Malarek and his ilk, read some things about the "white slavery" panic of 100 years ago. http://www.walnet.org/csis/papers/doezema-loose.html http://slate.com/id/2094896/

Yes. Both. As Dan Gardner pointed out in his column, Malarek is dishonestly pretending to be concerned about their safety in order to falsely advance his abolitionist agenda, directly in contrast to sex workers who want decriminalization so they can work more safely. That's what I'm saying.

Yeah, right. What do facts matter when he's pretending to be a journalist, and he's backing up his assertions (that far too many gullible North Americans are ready to believe without questioning) with lies? http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator/spec51.html...

More Malarek nonsense urging everyone to ignore the opinions of those who are actually involved in the business and speaking for themselves. http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/617144

Last year a documentary for the GlobalTV series "Global Currents" was recorded in New Zealand. It was mentioned at the time that it was intended to be broadcast in spring of 2009, although I have not heard anything about it since then...

Okay. You're excused. Maybe you can go help all those imaginary women in Germany who had their unemployment benefits cut off because they refused to work in a brothel. http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/brothel.asp

I did spend a couple of minutes flipping through Malarek`s book a few years ago. I did not read every word of it. I`m just not that interested in fiction. http://www.dangardner.ca/Colmar1408.html http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator/spec51.html It`s nonsensically huge numbers pulled out of...

If it's really that prevalent, openly advertised, and as easy to find as the cops tell the media, then why do they seem to have so much trouble actually finding it, and instead use their allegedly scarce resources to arrest an independent escort in her 30s? If it's really that bad and horrific...

Independent incall escorts can be charged with keeping a common bawdy house. The definition in the Criminal Code specifies "one or more persons". I don't know how often it happens, because it's not something that would usually make the newspapers. Cops crack down on e-hookers, from Feb. 2008...

"Not enough resources" is the usual excuse police give for their general inaction. I suppose it has some validity because gathering evidence for a bust is a time consuming process. But in the 1970s in Toronto something called The Disorderly Houses Act was invoked to quickly close all of the...

In 1990 the publishing company of Now magazine in Toronto was charged under the communicating law, but the charges were eventually dropped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOW_(magazine) The wording of section 213 appears to refer to the behaviour of a person in a public place -- stopping cars...

Well, at least they are kind of consistent in the U.S., even if it's consistently wrong. Everything in Canada seems to be arranged to let the police do anything they want. "the deal will allow legitimate escort services to continue advertising" ... "Police across the country have been...

I'm not a lawyer, but I believe the laws have not significantly changed in that time. "Hustling on the street" violates section 213 because it is communicating in a public place for the purpose of prostitution. Pimping is covered by section 212. "Common bawdy houses" are covered by section 210...

I'm not sure I understand your point. It's not an "alternative" to decriminalization. I don't think the sex workers advocating decriminalization are primarily after a higher level of societal prestige. What I think they want is to be able to work in a more safe and legal manner than allowed by...

It's good to hear that the university has defended the hiring, and is looking into who sent the e-mail. While the story seems to somewhat imply something personal like that, I would not completely reject the possibility of a more political motivation. As more sex workers who want...

The date for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Montreal has been moved to late August starting in 2009. An early July date could make sense for ALMS, after the 24 Hours of Le Mans in mid-June, and before the ALMS race at Lime Rock in mid-July. Early July could also be good for IndyCar since...