BLOGGING THE LONGEST REVOLUTION
Posted in Prostitution, Sex Trafficking on Nov 20th, 2008
From Gunilla of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women listserv via Karla Mantilla:
Dear Friends,
I just received the news that the Norwegian Parliament passed the legislation that prohibits the purchase of a sexual service - 44 votes vot, 28 against. The Law will come into force on January 1, 2009!!!
This is indeed a great victory for [...]
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Nov 19th, 2008
From today’s Guardian UK:
New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no defence for men facing prosecution for buying sex from a woman who has been trafficked or is being exploited by a pimp.
Under proposals to be published today by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, a man who [...]
Posted in Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Nov 17th, 2008
by Rebecca Mott
The answer to the question about whether being white and privileged prevents women from being forced to live with extreme male violence is written on my body.
That question has silenced me. That question has placed me in great danger, many times life threatening.
Being white and privileged did not prevent my stepdad raping [...]
Posted in Being Poor, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Heroes, Male Terrorism, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women's Bodies on Nov 12th, 2008
Julie Bindel has a post up today about Sheila Jeffreys’ new book, The Industrial Vagina:
Jeffreys has also discovered just who is making money out of this market. It is, of course, a huge earner for pimps, traffickers and brothel owners, but many others are profiting too: hoteliers make extra revenue by supplying prostitutes to businessmen; [...]
Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Colonialism, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Feminism, Heroes, Immigrants, Indigenous Women's Rights, Love Between Women, Male Terrorism, Prostitution, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, Sustainability, War, War on Women, World March of Women on Nov 7th, 2008
I received the following Call to Action in my e-mail a few days ago. I’ve been part of the World March of Women since its beginning 10 years ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long! In 1999 I participated via telephone in NOW’s organizing meetings as the group in charge of U.S. women’s involvement. I [...]
Posted in Being Poor, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Prostitution, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Oct 13th, 2008
Above is the trailer to a new film, Trade, put out by Lion’s Gate films and starring Kevin Kline. The film is about sex trafficking. I learned about it when I got an e-mail about Gloria Steinem making a November 5 appearance in North Carolina to endorse and support it, and went poking around [...]
Posted in Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Heroes, Internet Terrorism, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Oct 1st, 2008
by Rebecca Mott
I am sorry to write again, but I wanted to say that the patronizing attitude the pro-prostitution lobby has towards me is meant to undermine my words.
I get comments saying my “story” is sad and that they do not dislike me as an individual - but always with the refrain that I am manipulated [...]
Posted in Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Male Terrorism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Sep 29th, 2008
by Rebecca Mott
Sometimes it seems trying to talk about the reality of the lives/existence of prostituted women and girls is like banging our heads against a steel wall. It seems the same things are said over, over and over and there is a refusal to hear or believe.
How many voices and writings of exited prostituted women [...]