Black women and other women of color, have historically been ignored, or pushed to the side in the name of progress. We must acknowledge the harm of cultural factors and generational trauma in the sex trade in order to prioritize and protect women of color, which will in turn protect all women.
Buyer Beware Campaign Moves the State One Step Closer to Being Inhospitable to Traffickers
In 2011, sex buyers tipped their hands and disclosed what they believed would dissuade them from using women involved in prostitution. In the comprehensive study, Comparing Sex Buyers with Men Who Don’t Buy Sex Melissa Farley, PHD, Founding Director of Prostitution Research and Education, and Peter Qualliotine, co-founder of the Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS), interviewed over 100 sex buyers in hopes of discovering, among other things, any deterrents that would be effective.
Men Who Buy Sex, Part 1: Sin is Trafficked Goodness
I sat with a man named Jeffrey who had been arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution. He is one of the tens of thousands of Seattle’s johns. In our first session together, Jeffrey remarked, “Friday afternoons are always the most difficult for me to control myself. I am not sure why, but it usually turns out to be the day I end up with a prostitute or an escort. ”