Posts Tagged ‘sex work’

Can Having Three Condoms In D.C. Really Get You Arrested?

Over 1,200 people have signed a petition to demand the right to carry three condoms in the District of Columbia without fear of arrest. Why do 1,200 people think that carrying more than two condoms is against the law?

The Secret Prostitution Code, and What It Says About Johns

This summer, I discovered the many ridiculous sexual euphemisms employed by johns who frequent online prostitution forums. On the Internet, dudes who pay women to have sex with them communicate in an absurd code in the hopes of eluding law enforcement officers (that's "LEOs" to them). The code ranges from straight acronym (BBBJ is [...]

Journalists: How To Make Your Sex Work Stories Less Insanely Creepy

Now that we've all endured this FOX 5 story on "morning prostitution"—which deemed sex workers "too gross to describe," much less speak to—I think it's about time to begin the healing process. How might we, as journalists, begin to make local news reports on prostitution less insanely creepy?  Cyndee Clay, Executive Director of Helping Individual [...]

Why the Recession Hits Nevada Prostitues Harder

In an Observer piece on Nevada's prostitution downturn, "Sex feels the credit squeeze in Nevada," Andrew Clark presents few new details about the recession's belt-tightening pimps. The "Sex feels the credit squeeze in [jurisdiction]" story has been written before in this recession, and the piece follows the familiar formula:
1. Declare that prostitution is a business [...]