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We got our hands on a copy of Time Out New York's Sex Issue — from 1996. Let's take a look inside to see what sex was like when business was booming and "hookup culture" hadn't been invented yet. More »
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...and exotic dancers, or basically anyone whose time they're paying for. In Valentine's Day, this is a cutesy subplot, resolved in the ten minutes it takes for Old People to teach Big Lessons. In real life? Not so much: More »
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It's been a little over 36 hours since the Spitzer sex scandal broke, and the focus of the media is slowly but surely turning to the prostitutes with whom he was involved, or, rather, prostitution in general. In today's New York Times, Melissa Farley and Victor Malarek, both authors of books about prostitution and policy, argue that prostitution is anything but a victimless crime. They wonder about "Kristen," the prostitute hired by Spitzer from the Emperor's Club: "What is she going through now? Is she in danger from organized crime because of what she knows? Is anyone offering her legal counsel or alternatives to prostitution?" Farley and Malarek say that the concept of prostitution-as-victimless-crime is a myth perpetuated by the powerful men who frequent them. More »
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So remember last week when MSNBC reporter David Shuster caused a Clinton ruckus by saying that Hillary was "pimping out" daughter Chelsea by bringing her on the campaign trail? Well, writer and former call girl Tracy Quan, who knows from pimps, has a different take on the situation: Hillary isn't the pimp... it's Bill: "If you've experienced the American pimp scene - even peripherally, as I have - you'd recognize Chelsea Clinton's dad right away as pimp material. Long before Bill turned post-presidential as Hillary's hands-on helper, the Clinton marriage was settling into a pattern, starting with Bill's seductive charisma and moving right along with Hillary's decision to provide the financial support. In the 1990s, when feminists were casting Bill as an "equal partnership" spouse, he struck me as a quasi-pimp. Not a gigolo, you understand. That's not Bill's game at all. He was never there to be window-dressing or to keep Hillary amused, and he's too formidable a player to be taken for arm candy." [Guardian] More »
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