Why Not Decriminalize Trafficking While We’re At It?
by Jonah Mix, Deep Green Resistance Most objections to the Nordic Model – laws criminalizing the purchase of sex, but not its sale – rely on one of two sets of talking points. First is the proud misogyny of men who oppose abolitionism solely because it prevents their...
Jonah Mix: On Prostitution, the Left has Taken a Right-Wing Turn
Last week, Amnesty International moved from being a human rights organization to a men’s rights organization. Delegates from around the world met in Dublin over the weekend at the biennial International Council Meeting to vote on a policy of what they called...
Owen Lloyd: Rape is Not a Human Right
By Owen Lloyd / Deep Green Resistance News Service Dear Amnesty International, As the world’s largest human rights organization [1], you can’t claim ignorance of the figures. Let’s review a few of them. Researchers, interviewing 854 prostituted people in 9 countries,...
Taryn Fivek: Postfeminism
What is postfeminism? Allegedly it is the space where we can move past feminism, where feminism no longer holds appeal to women and where it can even be harmful to women. As Melissa Gira Grant writes: “The patriarchy’s figured out a way to outsource hatred of prostitution. They’re just going to have women do it for them.”
