• Friday, February 12, 2010 - 9:14am By Matthew Lawrence
    Did the federal government pay a monthly salary for a prostitute in Kabul? The Washington Post reports that Blackwater, the private mercenary army that's won over a billion dollars in US government contracts since 2002, has allegedly been...
  • Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 7:26am By Matthew Lawrence
    “Be Sustainable – Don’t Buy Sex.” That’s the strangely worded message the mayor of Copenhagen is sending the hundreds of international dignitaries visiting the city for the just-launched UN climate summit, reports...
  • Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 7:58am By Dr Martha Lee
    Men are speaking up against joining in the struggle against polygamy through a new group called the Men’s Coalition against Polygamy (Kolmi) in Indonesia. The coalition considered the practice of polygamous marriage degrading, not only to...
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 8:35am By Matthew Lawrence
    Though the life of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been plagued by sex scandals in recent years, it was a leading member of the opposition who has given in and resigned. The Roman Forum reports that Piero Marrazzo resigned over the...
  • Monday, October 19, 2009 - 8:17am By Matthew Lawrence
    A Chinese waitress is at the center of a national controversy after a vindictive ex-lover started an illicit blog in her name, according to police in Hebei province. The married man, whose name hasn't been released, posed as the twenty-nine year old...
  • Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:53am By Tim McElreavy
    When you get all dressed up for a night on the town, does your driver's license get all gussied up too? The long lines, bureaucracy, and unforgiving fluorescent lighting at most DMV offices generally don't yield flattering photos, and you probably...
  • Friday, September 4, 2009 - 10:29am By Tim McElreavy
    Tourists have traditionally flocked to the Spanish city Barcelona for the architecture, the food, the nightlife, and the weather, but these days it seems that more and more people are coming for the sex. And the sex is happening out in the open on...
  • Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 12:45am By John Pettitt
    Nobody is surprised that politicians are not trusted but a survey of 3,000 people reported in the China Daily concludes that sex workers, religious workers, farmers, students and soldiers are the most trusted groups in Chinese society and,...
  • Monday, July 6, 2009 - 2:14pm By Chris Hall
    Upon her death this February, Germany's most famous prostitute, Domenica Niehoff, who lived her life as a vocal advocate for the rights of sex workers, was honored by becoming the first prostitute to be buried in Ohlsdorf Cemetery's Garden of Women...
  • Monday, April 20, 2009 - 5:46pm By Tim McElreavy
    Reuters reports that the global economic recession has reached all sectors of the business world, including the world's oldest profession. Business is down across the board, so sex workers and brothels have had to get creative to keep the revenue...
  • Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 3:44pm By Tim McElreavy
    The Swiss news agency Vingt Minutes reports that at least four Geneva brothels have added a controversial new item to their list of services. At these emporiums, the standard price for a blow job is 100 Swiss francs (approximately U.S. $87.00);...