Selling Consensual Sex Means Jail. Doctor Sexually Assaults 7 Women, No Jail

Posted on May 31, 2013 by jillbrenneman

This is so wrong on so many levels. 

From USA Today  31 May 2013

Seven women tearfully recounted in court how their doctor abused their trust to sexually exploit them.  Then they watched a judge sentence him to probation Thursday instead of prison.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/05/31/iowa-doctor-sexual-abuse/2376235/

ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A Zumba fitness instructor who pleaded guilty to using her Maine studio as a front for prostitution is going to jail, bringing to an end a scandal featuring sex videos, adultery and exhibitionism.

Alexis Wright was sentenced Friday under a plea agreement to 10 months in jail for 20 counts including prostitution, conspiracy, tax evasion and theft by deception.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/31/zumba-instructor-to-be-sentenced-for-prostitution/2374943/

 

 

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Marriot Hotels Sexist?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Amanda Brooks

It’s bad enough they cooperate with traumatic prostitution busts; but they also seemed to blame a kidnapped, raped woman (and her kidnapped children) for her rape/kidnapping. Marriot then blames their insurance company for the unfortunate wording in their defense.

Don’t stay at Marriots if you’re female.

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Not an Invitation to Rape

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Amanda Brooks

A friend sent me the link to these posters from an LA anti-rape campaign. While it has nothing to do with sex work, it has everything to do with a woman’s sexuality being under her control. I really liked these posters and thought I would share.

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Where are you?

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Jessica Land

Feminists? Survivors? Lovers? Allies? Are you out there? Are you listening? Are you not mad as hell?

Ren’s previous post referenced Judge Deni’s infamous quote, but I really do not think that it can be reiterated enough: ” . . . [this case] minimizes true rape cases and demeans women who are really raped.”

Now, I’ll ask again, beloved partners in defense of women’s rights, supporters of sexual freedom, revolutionaries waiting for the reverberating call to action, are you listening?

Because I don’t think you are, and it pains me. Unlike Ren, I am still shocked by the deafening silence over this case. I know people are talking, but why isn’t anyone outside of the sex worker community screaming?!?!?!

We could really use allied forces right now. We don’t even have to engage in the ‘sex work debate’. We can unite as sisters and brothers in arms against sexual violence.

Everyone, especially the revolutionaries whom so many of us call friends and lovers, should be alarmed by Judge Deni’s ruling.  It sets a dangerous legal precedent and suggests that serial rapists can prey on sex workers with  impunity.

You must ask yourselves, ‘Is there a category of person for whom  rape is part of the job description?’

Rape is a crime of violence in all cases, and should be prosecuted accordingly. Judge Deni, instead, has trivialized the crime of rape herself by refusing to acknowledge the bodily integrity of this survivor.


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