Open letter in response to a ‘Human Rights Comment’ entitled, ‘Protecting the human rights of sex workers’, published on 15 February 2024 by the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, Dunja Mijatović. Read More
Pathways out of prostitution: What do women need?
Prostitution survivor, Sian, welcomes an excellent study on women’s routes out of prostitution in Ireland. Read More
Why a critical analysis of the sex industry is necessary now more than ever
A radical feminist challenge to the way prostitution is increasingly framed as “sex work” and a normal job that women have the right to “choose”. Read More
Why we need to look at the links between male violence against women and girls and porn and prostitution
Data shows that we are witnessing an epidemic of male violence against women and children. We believe this is learned behaviour that persists because it is condoned and protected by political and cultural forces. Read More
Hubris and hypocrisy: Leicester University research into ‘adult services’ websites
A critical response to the research entitled ‘The role of adult service websites (AWS) in addressing modern slavery’ from the University of Leicester. Read More
Andrew Tate is not an anomaly
Tackling the harm of Andrew Tate and other “Loverboy” pimps requires tackling the demand for prostitution and challenging its online facilitation and normalisation. Read More
People partying around a girl who has to wait for the next rape
In this exquisite piece of writing, Huschke Mau describes what she encountered in Chinatown after speaking at the Breaking the Cycle conference. Read More
Child sexual exploitation material and ‘mainstream’ pornography: Overlapping content, constructs, and ideologies
Michael Sheath explores the terrifying overlap between mainstream pornography and child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). Read More
How legalisation made Germany the brothel of Europe
Prostitution survivor and activist, Huschke Mau, explains the 11 ways that legalising the buying of sex changes society for the worse. Read More
‘Why the UN is wrong to recommend that all countries should decriminalise prostitution’
Discussion of the weaknesses and incorrect assumptions that underly the policy of full decriminalisation of ‘sex work’ recommended by the WHO and other UN bodies. Read More
Book review: ‘Object of Desire’ by Brooks Anderson
A review of Brook Anderson’s novel, ‘Object of Desire’, which is set in 2031, four years after India fully decriminalises prostitution. Read More
Why I Support the Equality/Nordic Model instead of Decriminalisation of Brothel Owners and Pimps
Sex trade survivor Michelle Kelly explains why she supports the Nordic Model approach to prostitution law and policy rather than full decriminalisation. Read More
Surrey University Students’ Union publishes ‘Safety Toolkit for Student Sex Workers’
Why Surrey students’ union’s ‘Safety Toolkit for Student Sex workers’ will NOT make students involved in the sex industry safe. Read More
Prostitution law and policy in the United States
Background to US prostitution law and policy and a detailed look at an innovative approach taken in Washington State. Read More
The Idea of Prostitution: Q&A with Sheila Jeffreys and Rose Hunter
Sex trade survivor, Rose Hunter, interviews Sheila Jeffreys about her trailblazing book, The Idea of Prostitution. Read More
Porn is killing sex and what to do about it
Review of Gary Wilson’s brilliant book, Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction. Read More
Can prostitution ever conform with our employment laws, regulations, and practices?
In-depth discussion of why prostitution can never conform to modern workplace practices and legislation. Read More
Where did the idea that prostitution is a normal job that can be empowering for women come from and why did it gain ground so quickly?
A brief introduction, plus the key policy approaches to prostitution.
Webcamming: What you need to know
What is webcamming; how does it work; is it safe; what do you need to know? Read More
Who benefits when the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) sides with sex buyers, pimps and paedophiles?
A critical response to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)’s ‘8 March Principles for a Human Rights-Based Approach to Criminal Law Proscribing Conduct Associated with Sex, Reproduction, Drug Use, HIV, Homelessness and Poverty’. Read More
‘Sex work is real work’ ideology sells out African women
Tsitsi Matekaire discusses how a women’s movement for full decriminalisation of the sex trade developed in post-colonial Africa and how it diverts attention from addressing the root causes of sexual exploitation: poverty, inequality, gender-based violence, and men’s demand for prostitution. Read More
‘Criminalising [buying sex] will be good for men, because it will push us away from something that brutalises our morals and carves our souls’
Steve explains why he realised that decriminalisation is not an appropriate response to prostitution and Ben explains why, as a disabled man, the idea that disabled men are entitled to prostitution is abhorrent. Read More
Do prostitution laws in Europe affect the incidence of rape? – Analysis of a recent study
Searing critique of the recent Journal of Law and Economics study that claims rape rates go down after countries legalise prostitution. Read More
Violence and racism in the New Zealand sex trade
A powerful and moving talk from Ally-Marie Diamond about the realities of the decriminalised system of prostitution in New Zealand and its disastrous impact on Māori and Pasifika women and girls. Read More
The next time you’re in a crowded place, imagine…
What it would be like if we had to have sex with every single man we can see in a crowded train or pub and what would this tell us about prostitution? Read More
Letter from Iraq
An article, based on correspondence with a young Iraqi woman about prostitution in Iraq and the many factors that lead to women being trapped in prostitution there. Read More
Why Andrew Tate’s indiscretion riles the pimp lobby
Esther reflects on the hypocrisy of sex trade advocates condemning Andrew Tate, when they are essentially advocating for the same things: male entitlement and female degradation and servitude. Read More
The Nordic Model seeks to establish norms under which no woman, man, girl or boy can be sold, and no one has the right to sexually exploit another human being
Gemma Kelly gives a brief introduction to the Nordic Model approach to prostitution and how it is rooted in a gender equality framework. Read More
Working with boys and young men to help them break harmful habits so they can have a life where violence and abuse don’t fit
Michael Conroy discusses how to authentically engage boys and young men and help them critique the patriarchal cultural scripts that so constrain them, so that ultimately they can have a better life where violence and abuse don’t fit – for the benefit of all. Read More
The end of sex robots, porn robots and representational technologies of women and girls
Kathleen Richardson argues for the end of sex robots and that we should problematise the use of the term ‘sex’ associated with them, and push back against attempts to dilute the meaning of ‘sex’. Read More
‘If Sweden didn’t have the Nordic Model, I would not be alive’
Cajsa talks about her experience of prostitution in Sweden under the Nordic Model and why she believes it is the best approach to prostitution law and policy. Read More
“As long as porn exists, we don’t stand a chance of creating a fair and equal world”
Thoughts on “He Chose Porn Over Me”: Women Harmed by Men Who Use Porn, edited by Melinda Tankard Reist Read More
On #DECRIM: Chelsea Geddes on New Zealand’s decriminalised prostitution system
Based on her 20 years in New Zealand’s brothels, Chelsea Geddes gives the lowdown on how ‘sex work decrim’ works in practice. Read More
We must stop promoting the idea that men have the right to sexual access to women & girls
Now that the grooming of girls to be sexual and ‘porn ready’ starts so young, the dominance of the ‘sex work is real work’ ideology is catastrophic, especially for girls and young women from the most marginalised communities. Read More
The mass grooming of girls and young women for the sex industry starts in earliest childhood and ends with the monetisation of young women themselves
The dangers of Onlyfans and ‘sugar dating’ and how young women are groomed and lured into these newer and emerging forms of prostitution and pornography. Read More
The reality of New Zealand’s decriminalised sex trade
Chelsea Geddes draws on her more than 20 years in New Zealand’s legal brothels, to explain how the full decrim prostitution system works out in practice. Read More
Feminism and Prostitution: Beyond ‘The Happy Hooker’
The text of Professor Robert Jensen’s brilliant speech at the ‘Students for sale: Tools for resistance’ conference in London on 15 October 2022. Read More
The story of Eurydice, the first grassroots initiative against sex trafficking in Russia
Women from the Eurydice feminist collective in Novosibirsk, Siberia, explain why they formed their group and the progress they have made in raising awareness against the sexual exploitation industry and supporting survivors. Read More
The only way to reduce the sexual exploitation facilitated by commercial sex websites is to shut them down
Esther, sex trade survivor and activist, explains the institutional failure exposed by the decision of the NPCC and the National Crime Agency to collaborate with the University of Leicester in “research” into how websites that facilitate sexual exploitation can “address” sexual exploitation. Read More
‘Students for sale’ conference: A chance to connect in person, and more
Not sure whether to come along to our ‘Students for Sale’ conference on Saturday 15 October? Lynne Walsh explains what you’d be missing… Read More
Pornography as crime scene videos: Suzzan Blac discusses her Pornhub research
Suzzan Blac explains why she spent years investigating the pornography that is available to anyone (including kids) for free on Pornhub and the disturbing reality that she found. Read More
Suzzan Blac discusses her life, trauma and extraordinary art
Suzzan Blac introduces a selection of the extraordinary paintings she did as a way of processing the sexual abuse she suffered as a child and young adult, and as a sex trafficking victim in the pornography industry. Read More
Sex (mis)education in schools
Sex education in schools, although compulsory in the UK, is often appalling. Children need to be told the truth about porn and prostitution. Read More
Last Girl First! A book review
A review of ‘Last Girl First! Prostitution at the intersection of sex, race & class-based oppressions’, which provides cast iron evidence that everywhere in the world, it is overwhelmingly the most marginalised women and girls who end up trapped in the prostitution system. Read More
BODY SHELL GIRL by Rose Hunter: A review
A review of Rose Hunter’s brilliant and moving book, ‘Body Shell Girl’, which takes us into the massage parlours, brothels and other dark places of her first two years in the sex industry. Read More
Supporting the pimp lobby so it doesn’t come for your children
Prostitution survivor, Esther, talks about the Killing Kittens “sex parties” she used to be paid to attend and explains that they were in fact brothels. She asks whether the social connections of the facilitators are a factor in the police ignoring them. Read More
The launch of the NMN Handbook for Universities
An edited transcript of our November 2021 webinar to launch the Nordic Model Now! Handbook for Universities, featuring Professor Kathleen Richardson and survivors, Lily and Andrea Heinz. Read More
Trauma and Prostitution: The transcript
A transcript of our Trauma and Prostitution webinar from June 2021, featuring Dr Ingeborg Kraus, clinical psychologist and expert in psychotraumatology, and Merly Åsbogård and Rebecca Mott, both survivors of prostitution. Read More
FFS Unison, join the dots between the endless ways men make women’s lives a misery and the industry that commercialises such behaviour.
A heartfelt plea to Unison to not abandon its 12-year support for the Nordic Model at its National Delegate Conference in Brighton in June. Read More
In support of the total rejection of the treatment of women as property
Professor Kathleen Richardson explains why she organised an open letter to university vice chancellors calling for the rejection of pro-prostitution propaganda. Read More