Entries in Prostitution (2)

Friday
Feb192010

Child prostitution is a domestic, not just international, issue

In 2003, the UK passed a law that included life imprisonment as a possible penalty for anyone who pays for sex with a child. Here in the US, child prostitution laws also include a possible life sentence, but they only cover acts committed within the country's borders. In the UK, the law also extends to those traveling internationally. And therein lies the difference.

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Monday
Nov092009

For Sale?

Traffic. You sit in it every day on your way to the office or school, hear about it on the news. It’s bothersome, yet another price we pay for a stable job or well-situated home. But there’s another, more pernicious meaning of the word, one that is more than a mere annoyance of modern life.

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