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Pak, Michael,
118

parental rights of sex workers,
108–9
,
156
,
178–79
,
182–83
,
196
,
239–40

Pearl, Julie,
148
,
153–54

Personal Touch (escort service),
220

Philippines,
193

Pichs, Leo,
173–76

Pickton, Robert William (Willy),
201–2
,
203

pimps,
11
,
39–40
,
63–64
,
92–95
,
149
,
189–90
,
236

playboy philosophy,
46–48

Point Foundation,
36

police: antitrafficking efforts,
xiii
,
97–102
,
231–32
; bribes,
11
,
23
,
25–26
,
37
; as brothel security,
172
; cooperation of sex workers with,
17
,
185
; discrimination in arrests,
30–31
,
38
,
126
,
148–49
; indifference to crimes against sex workers,
11
,
39
,
110
,
111–12
,
114
,
120–21
; prostitution stings,
2
,
115–16
; protection of sex workers,
82
; sex with prostitutes,
xiii
,
31
,
44
,
114–15
,
127
,
221–22
; Victorian era,
17
; violence against sex workers,
114

Porcupine
(muckraking sheet),
14

pornographication of culture,
xi

Postman, Neil,
47

Powell, Andrea,
63–64
,
93
,
230–32

Prince, Diana,
70

Prohibition,
20
,
129

Proposition
35
(California),
212–13
,
216–17
,
222–26

Prostitutes, Our Life
(Jaget),
26
,
29
,
39

prostitution.
See
sex work

Prostitution Law Review Committee (New Zealand),
195

prostitution laws: California,
36
,
149
,
212–13
,
216–19
,
222–26
; decriminalization benefits for public,
x
,
xiii
,
17–18
,
113–14
; decriminalization benefits for sex workers,
x
,
161
,
185
,
192–93
,
198–200
; enforcement biases,
30–31
,
37–38
,
126
,
148–49
,
228–29
; enforcement costs,
153
,
214
; history,
x–xi
,
17–20
; as ineffective,
x
,
148
,
154–55
; marginalizing sex workers,
236
; New Zealand,
xiv
,
191–96
,
234–35
; proposed changes,
xiv
,
167
,
232–36
; Rhode Island,
162
,
163–64
,
166–67
,
235
; state differences,
149–50
; Sweden,
177–83
.
See also
arrests of sex workers

Prostitution Policy
(Kuo),
156

Providence, Rhode Island,
101
,
163–76

quarantining,
27
,
37

racism.
See
discrimination

Ratha, Meas,
194

Reed, Jennifer,
115–16
,
126–27
,
128

Reno, Nevada,
130

Rhode Island, prostitution laws,
162
,
163–64
,
166–67
,
235

Richards, Joe,
131

Riddle, Marshall Clay,
34–35
,
36
,
39–41

Ridgway, Gary,
112–13
,
220

Ring, Dan,
221–22

Robbins, Tom,
31–32

Roberts, Nickie,
11
,
20
,
30

Roosevelt, Franklin,
22–23

Rose Alliance (sex workers group),
182

Rudy, Carmen,
107–11
,
121–22

Rudy, Jackie,
107
,
109
,
110

runaway teenagers,
45
,
61–64
,
93
,
231

Safe Harbor laws,
231

safe sex: Australia,
192–93
; and client bribes,
235–36
; homeless sex workers,
200
; illegal brothel workers,
5
; New Zealand,
193
; and prostitution laws,
xiii
,
125
,
149–50
,
192–93
,
199–200
; Sweden,
181–82

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,
100–101
; streetwalkers,
67
,
100
,
114–15
,
148
; Task Force on Prostitution,
148
,
214–16
,
218
; underage sex workers,
218–19

San Francisco
magazine,
26

Sanger, William,
10
,
11–12
,
17–18

Sardina, Cris,
127

Sauro, Anthony,
171–76

Scesny, Alex,
122

Schultz, Dutch,
23

Scion, Greg,
175

Scott, Melvin,
98
,
114
,
154

Scott, Valerie,
197–98
,
203–6

Seabury, Samuel,
22–23

Seagraves, Anne,
12
,
16–17

Seattle, Washington,
220–22

self-esteem of sex workers,
66
,
70

Senate Bill 1388 (California),
218

separation of self,
69–70

September
11
terrorist attacks,
88–89

serial killers,
111–13
,
117–22
,
201–2

Sex at the Margins
(Agustin),
183

Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC),
203–4
.
See also
Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes (CORP)

sex trafficking: conflation with prostitution,
89–90
,
92–93
,
99–102
,
244
; and decriminalization,
187–88
,
189
; Desiree Alliance conference panel,
211–12
; FBI task force,
212
; former Soviet-block countries,
85–88
; Netherlands,
185
,
187–88
,
189
; Norway,
177
,
181
; number of victims,
90–92
; across state lines,
173
; Sweden,
181
; truth about,
85–105
; underage youth,
xi
,
63–64
,
91
,
97–98
,
185
,
187
,
217–19
,
231–32
; websites,
7
; “white slavery,”
18–19
.
See also
antitrafficking efforts

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
(Kinsey),
20

sexually transmitted diseases,
11
,
23–24
,
27
,
37
,
125
,
235–36
.
See also
HIV infection

sexual revolution,
30

sex work: coining of term,
38
; emotional risks,
48–49
; 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,
123–25
,
127–28
,
132
,
137–43
,
242–43

Siegel, Dina,
184–85
,
188
,
190

Silverstein, Shel,
37

Smith, Joy,
207–8

“The Sociology of Prostitution” (Davis),
71–72

Soiled Doves
(Seagraves),
12
,
16–17

Somers, Roger,
29

Spain,
74–75

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),
14–15
,
129

St. Claire, Elle,
45
,
77–83
,
107–11
,
240

Stella (advocacy group),
208

Sterling, Donald,
229

stigma of sex work: housing discrimination,
100
,
156
,
199–200
,
240
; as isolating,
22
,
71
; marginalization of sex workers,
xii
; police indifference,
11
,
39
,
110
,
111–12
,
114
,
120–21
; and prostitution laws,
xiv
,
161
,
195–96
; sex workers as disposable,
198
; Sweden,
183

St. James, Margo,
26–32
,
36
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
163–64
,
214–15

St. James Infirmary, San Francisco,
215

St. Louis, Missouri,
18

Stone, Theresa,
122

Stonewall uprising,
246

streetwalkers: arrests,
30–31
,
148
; Atlantic City,
94
; Chicago,
115
; childhood sexual abuse,
67
,
73–74
; dangers to,
67
; drug use,
45
,
67–68
; and online advertising,
44–45
; runaway teens,
45
; San Francisco,
67
,
114–15
,
148
; transsexual,
73–74
; violence against,
69
,
112
,
180
,
198–99
,
201–2
; Washington, D.C.,
67–68
; well-being,
66–67
,
70

Suffolk County, New York,
119–21

Supreme Court (Canada),
198
,
206–7
,
208
,
224

Supreme Court (U.S.),
224

survival sex,
45
,
61
,
95
,
201
,
230–31

Sweden,
177–83

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
,
245–47

transsexual sex workers,
68–69
,
73–74
,
77–83

“treating,”
24

underage sex workers: arrests,
97–98
; and decriminalization,
187
; male sex workers,
95–96
; number of,
92
; online advertisements,
7–8
; and pimps,
93–95
; as trafficking victims,
xi
,
63–64
,
91
,
97–98
,
185
,
187
,
217–19
,
231–32
; Victorian era,
11–12
.
See also
runaway teenagers

United Kingdom,
67
,
112
,
234

United Nations,
90
,
182
,
193
,
201

The Unrepentant Whore
(Leigh),
216

Urban Justice Center,
62
,
96
,
150
,
200
,
212

U.S. Army, venereal disease studies,
23–24

U.S. Constitution,
224

U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
173–76

US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS),
218
,
225–26

U.S. State Department,
89–90

U.S. Supreme Court,
224

Vancouver, British Columbia,
199–200
,
201–2

Vanwesenbeeck, Ine,
66
,
70

venereal disease.
See
sexually transmitted diseases

Venkatesh, Sudhir,
115

Victorian-era prostitution,
9–17

violence against sex workers: and decriminalization,
113–14
,
190
,
198–200
; increase in,
38–39
; by police,
98
,
114
; police indifference,
39
,
114
,
120–21
; streetwalkers,
67
,
69
,
112
,
180
,
198–99
,
201–2
; transsexuals,
69
.
See also
murders of sex workers

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