Comments on: Donna Hughes Advocates the Abuse of Sex Workers

By: Aspasia

Aspasia — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:13:57 +0000

Just further proof that people like Hughes who advocate laws like this don’t actually care about those who are directly affected by it. Their voices were ignored while “fact tables” and “statistics” got the last word.

By: Alyosha

Alyosha — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:34:05 +0000

This is sad on so many levels. Julissa Brisman seemed like a beautiful girl who was targeted expressly because her attacker knew she would not go to the police because of laws a lot like this one. Politicians (and worse, politicized academics) just don’t represent us – most Americans don’t want laws like this; they just do not want to regulate what their neighbors do in their bedrooms. The only people who profit from this are grandstanding hypocrites and crooks. But how do we get rid of them?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:50:13 +0000

Great, thorough post Alexa–one I hope will be read widely.

This is indeed a disaster.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:20:17 +0000

I’m a little late to the conversation but this is a great post Alexa. Sort of a Prostitution-Trafficking 101 for those new to the whole debate.

Yes, Hughes and those like her who push for criminalizing women are indeed abusers. Very much so. Good call.

By: Happy Endings?

Happy Endings? — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:36:19 +0000

I was at all the hearings testifying against the bill. Those who voted for it said they wish they had a “better” bill, but had to vote for it to close the loophole. I asked what is the rush? 30 years with out a problem? Why rush to make women criminals? This is a human and civil rights disaster, not to mention the huge negative economic impact on a state that is holding on by a shoe string anyway.