Authors: Alison Bass
Pak, Michael,
118
parental rights of sex workers,
108â9
,
156
,
178â79
,
182â83
,
196
,
239â40
Personal Touch (escort service),
220
Philippines,
193
Pichs, Leo,
173â76
Pickton, Robert William (Willy),
201â2
,
203
pimps,
11
,
39â40
,
63â64
,
92â95
,
149
,
189â90
,
236
playboy philosophy,
46â48
Point Foundation,
36
police: antitrafficking efforts,
xiii
,
97â102
,
231â32
; bribes,
11
,
23
,
25â26
,
37
; as brothel security,
172
; cooperation of sex workers with,
17
,
185
; discrimination in arrests,
30â31
,
38
,
126
,
148â49
; indifference to crimes against sex workers,
11
,
39
,
110
,
111â12
,
114
,
120â21
; prostitution stings,
2
,
115â16
; protection of sex workers,
82
; sex with prostitutes,
xiii
,
31
,
44
,
114â15
,
127
,
221â22
; Victorian era,
17
; violence against sex workers,
114
Porcupine
(muckraking sheet),
14
pornographication of culture,
xi
Postman, Neil,
47
Powell, Andrea,
63â64
,
93
,
230â32
Prince, Diana,
70
Proposition
35
(California),
212â13
,
216â17
,
222â26
Prostitutes, Our Life
(Jaget),
26
,
29
,
39
prostitution.
See
sex work
Prostitution Law Review Committee (New Zealand),
195
prostitution laws: California,
36
,
149
,
212â13
,
216â19
,
222â26
; decriminalization benefits for public,
x
,
xiii
,
17â18
,
113â14
; decriminalization benefits for sex workers,
x
,
161
,
185
,
192â93
,
198â200
; enforcement biases,
30â31
,
37â38
,
126
,
148â49
,
228â29
; enforcement costs,
153
,
214
; history,
xâxi
,
17â20
; as ineffective,
x
,
148
,
154â55
; marginalizing sex workers,
236
; New Zealand,
xiv
,
191â96
,
234â35
; proposed changes,
xiv
,
167
,
232â36
; Rhode Island,
162
,
163â64
,
166â67
,
235
; state differences,
149â50
; Sweden,
177â83
.
See also
arrests of sex workers
Prostitution Policy
(Kuo),
156
Providence, Rhode Island,
101
,
163â76
racism.
See
discrimination
Ratha, Meas,
194
Reed, Jennifer,
115â16
,
126â27
,
128
Reno, Nevada,
130
Rhode Island, prostitution laws,
162
,
163â64
,
166â67
,
235
Richards, Joe,
131
Riddle, Marshall Clay,
34â35
,
36
,
39â41
Ring, Dan,
221â22
Robbins, Tom,
31â32
Roosevelt, Franklin,
22â23
Rose Alliance (sex workers group),
182
Rudy, Carmen,
107â11
,
121â22
runaway teenagers,
45
,
61â64
,
93
,
231
Safe Harbor laws,
231
safe sex: Australia,
192â93
; and client bribes,
235â36
; homeless sex workers,
200
; illegal brothel workers,
5
; New Zealand,
193
; and prostitution laws,
xiii
,
125
,
149â50
,
192â93
,
199â200
; Sweden,
181â82
SAGE Project,
219
saloon girls,
197
Sanders, Teela,
xi
San Francisco: Board of Supervisors,
215
; Human Rights Commission,
213
,
217
; legalized prostitution,
18
,
19
; massage parlor raids,
100â101
; streetwalkers,
67
,
100
,
114â15
,
148
; Task Force on Prostitution,
148
,
214â16
,
218
; underage sex workers,
218â19
San Francisco
magazine,
26
Sanger, William,
10
,
11â12
,
17â18
Sardina, Cris,
127
Sauro, Anthony,
171â76
Scesny, Alex,
122
Schultz, Dutch,
23
Scion, Greg,
175
Scott, Valerie,
197â98
,
203â6
Seabury, Samuel,
22â23
Seattle, Washington,
220â22
self-esteem of sex workers,
66
,
70
Senate Bill 1388 (California),
218
separation of self,
69â70
September
11
terrorist attacks,
88â89
serial killers,
111â13
,
117â22
,
201â2
Sex at the Margins
(Agustin),
183
Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC),
203â4
.
See also
Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes (CORP)
sex trafficking: conflation with prostitution,
89â90
,
92â93
,
99â102
,
244
; and decriminalization,
187â88
,
189
; Desiree Alliance conference panel,
211â12
; FBI task force,
212
; former Soviet-block countries,
85â88
; Netherlands,
185
,
187â88
,
189
; Norway,
177
,
181
; number of victims,
90â92
; across state lines,
173
; Sweden,
181
; truth about,
85â105
; underage youth,
xi
,
63â64
,
91
,
97â98
,
185
,
187
,
217â19
,
231â32
; websites,
7
; “white slavery,”
18â19
.
See also
antitrafficking efforts
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
(Kinsey),
20
sexually transmitted diseases,
11
,
23â24
,
27
,
37
,
125
,
235â36
.
See also
HIV infection
sexual revolution,
30
sex work: coining of term,
38
; emotional risks,
48â49
; as exploitative,
7
; growing demand,
xi
.
See also
motivation of sex workers; stigma of sex work
Sex Work
(Delacoste and Alexander, eds.),
39
Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP),
5
,
6
Shannon, Kate,
199
Shaw, Lucien,
14
Sheri's Ranch, Nevada,
123â25
,
127â28
,
132
,
137â43
,
242â43
Silverstein, Shel,
37
Smith, Joy,
207â8
“The Sociology of Prostitution” (Davis),
71â72
Soiled Doves
(Seagraves),
12
,
16â17
Somers, Roger,
29
Spain,
74â75
SPOC.
See
Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC)
Sprinkle, Annie,
113
STALK (System to Apprehend Lethal Killers),
111
,
121
,
122
The State of Sex
(Brents, Jackson, Hausbeck),
14â15
,
129
St. Claire, Elle,
45
,
77â83
,
107â11
,
240
Stella (advocacy group),
208
Sterling, Donald,
229
stigma of sex work: housing discrimination,
100
,
156
,
199â200
,
240
; as isolating,
22
,
71
; marginalization of sex workers,
xii
; police indifference,
11
,
39
,
110
,
111â12
,
114
,
120â21
; and prostitution laws,
xiv
,
161
,
195â96
; sex workers as disposable,
198
; Sweden,
183
St. James, Margo,
26â32
,
36
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
163â64
,
214â15
St. James Infirmary, San Francisco,
215
St. Louis, Missouri,
18
Stone, Theresa,
122
Stonewall uprising,
246
streetwalkers: arrests,
30â31
,
148
; Atlantic City,
94
; Chicago,
115
; childhood sexual abuse,
67
,
73â74
; dangers to,
67
; drug use,
45
,
67â68
; and online advertising,
44â45
; runaway teens,
45
; San Francisco,
67
,
114â15
,
148
; transsexual,
73â74
; violence against,
69
,
112
,
180
,
198â99
,
201â2
; Washington, D.C.,
67â68
; well-being,
66â67
,
70
Suffolk County, New York,
119â21
Supreme Court (Canada),
198
,
206â7
,
208
,
224
Supreme Court (U.S.),
224
survival sex,
45
,
61
,
95
,
201
,
230â31
Sweden,
177â83
SWOP (Sex Workers Outreach Project),
5
,
6
System to Apprehend Lethal Killers (STALK),
111
,
121
,
122
Technopoly
(Postman),
47
teenagers.
See
runaway teenagers; underage sex workers
Teresa (FAIR director),
230
TGI Justice,
247
tippelzones,
184
Tits and Sass
(blog),
242
trafficking, definition of,
6
.
See also
antitrafficking efforts; labor trafficking; sex trafficking
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (2000),
88
,
91
,
97
transgender sex workers,
64
,
70
,
245â47
transsexual sex workers,
68â69
,
73â74
,
77â83
“treating,”
24
underage sex workers: arrests,
97â98
; and decriminalization,
187
; male sex workers,
95â96
; number of,
92
; online advertisements,
7â8
; and pimps,
93â95
; as trafficking victims,
xi
,
63â64
,
91
,
97â98
,
185
,
187
,
217â19
,
231â32
; Victorian era,
11â12
.
See also
runaway teenagers
The Unrepentant Whore
(Leigh),
216
Urban Justice Center,
62
,
96
,
150
,
200
,
212
U.S. Army, venereal disease studies,
23â24
U.S. Constitution,
224
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
173â76
US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS),
218
,
225â26
U.S. State Department,
89â90
U.S. Supreme Court,
224
Vancouver, British Columbia,
199â200
,
201â2
venereal disease.
See
sexually transmitted diseases
Venkatesh, Sudhir,
115
Victorian-era prostitution,
9â17
violence against sex workers: and decriminalization,
113â14
,
190
,
198â200
; increase in,
38â39
; by police,
98
,
114
; police indifference,
39
,
114
,
120â21
; streetwalkers,
67
,
69
,
112
,
180
,
198â99
,
201â2
; transsexuals,
69
.
See also
murders of sex workers