Prostitution

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  • Going down in the downturn

    More women are turning to sex work in a bad economy. Does it beat working at McDonald's?
  • White male seeking sexy Asian women

    What is the deal with Western men's erotic obsession with the East?
  • The dirty girl

    Controversial "Wetlands" author Charlotte Roche talks about bodily functions, shaving pubic hair, and why there are so few euphemisms for female masturbation.
  • Teens and the sex trade

    A recent FBI sweep represents a long-overdue shift in the way the government responds to child prostitution.
  • I Like to Watch

    Newsflash: Whores and wanton hussies happier, more productive than ever! Bed-hopping tarts rule the small screen, from "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" to "Mistresses."
  • Despite "D.C. madam" scandal, Vitter to seek reelection

    Republican Sen. David Vitter, of "serious sin in my past" fame, seems likely to win a second term.
  • A hooker makeover?

    Tracy Clark-Flory responds to a new Dutch plan to curb prostitution.
  • Sex for sale: $26

    A report finds that London brothels have shockingly low rates.
  • Ask a call girl

    How realistic is Showtime's "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"? We went to the true experts: Real upscale escorts.
  • So it's come to this: Sex for gas

    Things sure are looking bleaker and bleaker at the pump these days.
  • Amazon.com for prostitutes

    Johns review sexual services and prostitutes dish on customers.
  • Death and the D.C. Madam

    Call girls speak out about the suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the complicated truths it reveals about their lives.
  • Grand Theft misogyny

    The latest Grand Theft Auto game lets players have sex with and then graphically kill hookers.
  • Criminals of the world, unite and take over

    In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market.
  • Quote of the day

    Don't let the Spitzer scandal fool you -- selling sex often isn't a choice but a nightmare.
  • New debates about the oldest profession

    We can argue over the morality of prostitution, but it's not all about men victimizing women.
  • Mirror, mirror on the Wall

    Why we care where Silda Wall Spitzer stands.
  • The tragic fall of Eliot Spitzer

    He once busted up "sex rings" himself, but the New York governor's hiring of a pricey prostitute has shattered his political career.
  • Eliot Spitzer's monumental fall from grace

    In the post-dot-com, post-Enron era, the attorney general of New York landed some uppercuts on the high and mighty. But now he's the one lying on the mat. By his own hand.
  • Have I ruined my karma by sleeping with prostitutes?

    I've quit with the whores, but now my life is a mess. Is this my punishment?
  • The economics of prostitution

    Economists hit Chicago street corners and start crunching numbers.
  • Quote of the Day

    Rape of a prostitute is a "theft of services"? Think again, says the chancellor of the Philadelphia bar.
  • Bob Herbert argues against prostitution, again

    The columnist rails against the "empowerment fantasies" of "prostitution proponents."
  • "From managing editor to madam"

    A former journalist plans to open a co-op brothel in Victoria, Canada.
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