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Reserved to be Judged by God: Prostitution in Argentina
Last night, over wine ($3.50 a bottle) at a fancy club where most people were in awe of a celebrity named Gisela something who none of my compatriots recognized, someone I had just met told me the story of being pressured to join a prostitution ring. It was a long story, but it can be [...]
Posted: July 3rd, 2007 under AMMAR, American, Argentina, Argentine, Argentine constitution, Bolivian, Buenos Aires, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Europe, Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation, Female Sexuality, Gisela, God, Mercy Plaza, Mujeres Creando, Ninguna mujer nace para puta, Once, Once Plaza, Plaza de la Merced, Plaza de la Puta, United States, VIP, activism, activist, arrest, awareness, breasts, brothel, cab, cabron, celebrity, club, condom, constitution, crime, curse, danger, english, fashion, feminism, feminist, fine, fur coats, garter belts, hijueputa, insult, jail, judge, law, marriage, national campaign, pedophile, police, prostitute, prostitution, prostitution ring, punk, retro-punk, scam, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, sexual violence, spanish, swear, taxi, the state, tourism, tourists, vandalism, whore, wine.
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Notes from an insecure country, part dos: las virgenes y las putas
The distinction between the sexes is an important battleground these days. Not only do women demonstrate the capacity to work outside the home, but we have also co-opted behaviors that were previously considered masculine, such as smoking, drinking, and having (gasp!) sexual relations without necessarily planning to marry our partner or be their baby mama.
Posted: July 2nd, 2007 under Argentina, Catholicism, Darwin, Female Sexuality, Research, catholic, center for science and culture, chaste, chastity, color contacts, conduct, culture, discovery institute, drinking, dyed hair, evolution, gay marriage, gender, gender roles, homosexuality, in vitro fertilization, intelligent design, latin america, lip ring, love, machismo, macho, male, maleness, marriage, masculinity, men, morality, premarital sex, prostitute, prostitution, researcher, scholar, science, scientist, sex, sexual morality, sexuality, smoking, target, theory, virginity, virtue.
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There’s A First Time For Everything, but todavia no for Graciela
I just stumbled across this story from the BBC about Graciela Yataco, a Peruvian model-cum-actress who at the age of 18 has been working to support her mother and brother for 10 years and out of school for 3. The article’s about her decision to sell, and then not to sell, her virginity for 1.5 [...]
Posted: June 13th, 2007 under BBC, Canada, Catholicism, Christianity, Genesis, God, Graciela Yataco, Judeo-Christian, Peru, Pornography, Sex Roles, Women and Gender Studies, objectification, pimp, porn star, prostitute, prostitution, sex, sex work, sex workers, sexual advance, virginity.
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Reactions to Objectification in Japan
Rape culture in Japan is much more extreme than it is here in the States. There is a weaker taboo against ephebophilia, the “sexual preference in which an adult is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to pubescent adolescents,” which has resulted in a culture of so called “lollipop” or “Lolita” pornography of prepubescent girls, of [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2007 under FRUiTS, Hideaki Anno, Japan, Japanese, Lolita, Love & Pop, Pornography, Sex Roles, Tokyo, adolescence, agency, enjo kosai, ephebophilia, fashion, fashion photography, film, fresh fruits, lollipop, objectification, photography, porn, prostitute, prostitution, punk, rape, sex, sexual preference, statutory rape, street fashion, subsidized dating, taboo, tentacle rape.
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Ain’t No Half-Steppin’ . . .
Thanks to GeekSugar for this interesting article about the Aphrodite Project, an innovative approach to empowerment for sex workers. The Aphrodite Project Website informs us that “the Aphrodite Project Team is pleased to announce the launch of Platforms, a new line of footwear specifically designed for sex work. Platforms are both an homage to Aphrodite [...]
Posted: May 21st, 2007 under Aphrodite, GPS system, Platforms, The Aphrodite Project, agency, alarm, heels, objectification, priestesses, prostitute, prostitution, safety, sex work, sex workers, shoes, wireless guardian system.
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