prostitution

Looks like the expression "sex sells" may need to be rethought in light of the current slowdown. Brothel owners around the world are complaining that people feeling the pinch economically are not in the mood to be . . . well, you know. Monika Heitmann works for a support network for prostitutes in...

It seems like 2008 was the year when America started to rethink its stand on prostitution. Traditionally, the world's oldest profession has been a definite no-no in the U.S., constrained to shady streets, dark alleys, and the occasional legal brothel in Nevada. In 2008, however, it seemed to wander...

Craigslist has become a popular choice for mostly free classified ads in over 450 cities worldwide. The site's appeal to consumers is obvious: The ability to buy or sell just about anything for free. And that "anything" included sex.Law enforcement agencies have gotten so riled up over the...

It's interesting to see how an area, country, or society can change its morals almost at the drop of a hat. For example, Weimar Germany, devastated by the worldwide financial collapse of the 1930's and saddled with an insurmountable war debt, quickly became a moral wasteland. As fortunes crumbled...

When sociologists compile the reasons that people turn to prostitution, the usual suspects are drug addiction, poverty, and abuse. However, as gas prices continue to steadily rise, it's looks like a new reason for turning tricks may edge its way into the top three...Last Wednesday, police arrested...

Late last week, I wrote a post about Craigslist's recent emergence as a prostitution clearinghouse. I thought that one post should do it; after all, how much can be said about the online purchasing site and its forays into the sex trade?Apparently, more than I thought.According to the New York...

Flipping through the newspaper, I recently came across an article discussing the rising problem of prostitutes advertising their services on Craigslist. According to the author, Vivekananda Nemana, a probe by New York city councilman Eric Gioia had found that 85% of "erotic services" ads were...

Last month I wrote about the slowdown in Las Vegas: the city has among the most hard-hit real estate markets in the country, and traffic is down as Americans travel less as they cope with high gas prices. Vacancies are up and room rates have fallen by more than 20%.And yes, the city's brothels are...

In the midst of the recent Spitzer scandal, my wife asked me a particularly interesting question. During a discussion of the Governor's dual life, her boss asked why men would go to prostitutes in the first place. My wife had no idea, and passed the question on to me. I would like to point out,...