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Consent, Coercion, and Culpability: Is Prostitution Stigmatized Work or an Exploitive and Violent Practice Rooted in Sex, Race, and Class Inequality?

Prostituted sex is coerced sex by its nature. The cash is the coercive force. If we think about the scenario of a loaded gun pointed at somebody, we will have no problem identifying that gun as an instrument of coercion. Because of the capitalist structure of our world, which surrounds us with the reality of money in everything we see, do, and experience, we have a great deal more trouble identifying cash as a coercive force, but that is exactly what cash is.

By Rachel Moran & Melissa Farley

February 5, 2019

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Statistics on Prostitution

A study done in 9 countries (including Canada) interviewed 854 people who were currently or recently in prostitution at the time, found that 71% were physically assaulted in prostitution, 63% were raped in prostitution, 89% wanted to escape prostitution but did not have other options for survival.

2018

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Statistics Prostitution

Factum of the Women’s Equality and Liberty Coalition, Intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada (R. v. Barton)

2018

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Prostitution Indigenous Women

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Julie Bindel – The Pimping of Prostitution

Talk with renowned author and feminist activist Julie Bindel, on her latest book, The Pimping of Prostitution.

November 16, 2017

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Press Release: Vancouver Police Department Enables Men to Buy Women in Prostitution

December 6, 2016

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International Approaches to Prostitution

Dr. Ingeborg Kraus, psychologist and trauma expert based in Germany and Inspector Simon Häggström, head of Stockholm Police Prostitution Unit speak in Vancouver.

September 20, 2016

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Statistics from CLES’ Research on Prostitution

Half of the women entered prostitution before the age of 19. Many of them were first sexually exploited when they were younger than 14.

2015

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Real Change for Aboriginal Women Begins with the End of Prostitution

Prostitution, akin to the residential school system, is an institution that continues to have devastating impacts on the lives of aboriginal women and girls, who are disproportionately involved in street-level prostitution. Prostitution is an industry that relies on disparities in power to exist.

By Cherry Smiley

January 14, 2015

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Indigenous Women Prostitution

More than Condoms and Sandwiches: A Feminist Investigation of the Contradictory Promises of Harm Reduction Approaches to Prostitution

This research explores the experiences and perspectives of women providing front-line service in organizations and agencies, both feminist and mainstream, whose mandate includes support for women experiencing violence, particularly women in prostitution.

By Erin Graham

August 2014

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Prostitution Front Line

Bill C-36: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons

We know from members of our group and from women who access our services that the sex industry is inherently exploitative, it both expresses and reinforces women’s inequality in society. Many of the stated purposes of this bill, as expressed in the preamble, are consistent with our analyses and we are encouraged by and in support of this intent.

By Keira Smith

June 27, 2014

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Consent, Coercion, and Culpability: Is Prostitution Stigmatized Work or an Exploitive and Violent Practice Rooted in Sex, Race, and Class Inequality?

Statistics on Prostitution

A study done in 9 countries (including Canada) interviewed 854 people who were currently or recently in prostitution at the time, found that 71% were physically assaulted in prostitution, 63% were raped in prostitution, 89% wanted to escape prostitution but did not have other options for survival.

Factum of the Women’s Equality and Liberty Coalition, Intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada (R. v. Barton)

Julie Bindel – The Pimping of Prostitution

Talk with renowned author and feminist activist Julie Bindel, on her latest book, The Pimping of Prostitution.

Press Release: Vancouver Police Department Enables Men to Buy Women in Prostitution

International Approaches to Prostitution

Dr. Ingeborg Kraus, psychologist and trauma expert based in Germany and Inspector Simon Häggström, head of Stockholm Police Prostitution Unit speak in Vancouver.

Statistics from CLES’ Research on Prostitution

Half of the women entered prostitution before the age of 19. Many of them were first sexually exploited when they were younger than 14.

Real Change for Aboriginal Women Begins with the End of Prostitution

Prostitution, akin to the residential school system, is an institution that continues to have devastating impacts on the lives of aboriginal women and girls, who are disproportionately involved in street-level prostitution. Prostitution is an industry that relies on disparities in power to exist.

More than Condoms and Sandwiches: A Feminist Investigation of the Contradictory Promises of Harm Reduction Approaches to Prostitution

This research explores the experiences and perspectives of women providing front-line service in organizations and agencies, both feminist and mainstream, whose mandate includes support for women experiencing violence, particularly women in prostitution.

Bill C-36: Vancouver Rape Relief’s submission to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons

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