People who are dedicated to ending the sexual exploitation of women, men, children, and transgendered individuals in prostitution; as well as individuals who would like to see the abolition of prostitution and trafficking.
Who we would not like to meet: Johns, traffickers, pimps, predators of any kind.
In order to understand prostitution, it is necessary to understand:
Lethal gender inequality
Incest and other childhood sexual assault
Poverty and homelessness
The ways in which racism and colonialism are inextricably connected with sexism in prostitution
Domestic violence, including rape
Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, mood and dissociative disorders as consequences of prostitution
Drug and alcohol addiction
The fact that prostitution is a global business which involves interstate and inter-country trafficking as a necessary part of its profitable operation
In non-dominant states - the ways in which economic development programs erode traditional ways of living
The need for culturally-relevant treatment
The ways in which diverse cultures normalize and promote prostitution
Stripping, exotic dancing, nude dancing, table dancing, phone sex, trafficking, child and adult pornography, lap dancing, massage brothels, and peep shows as prostitution
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