If you make $500 an hour as a sex worker, are you a victim?

Prostitution in the vast majority of the U.S. is illegal. Period. Even when there is no victim. Now if someone is forced into prostitution, than yes, there is a clear victim. If someone is underaged. If someone can't reasonably consent. In all these cases, go after those who...

The Strange case of Frank Lombard

Little media attention has been given in the case of Frank Lombard,  the Duke University employee arrested for the sex abuse  and attempted prostituting   of his 5 year old adopted,  African American son.   Lombard is gay,  and the media may...

THE SEX ABUSE OF BOYS IN AFGHANISTAN

"“Some men enjoy playing with dogs, some with women. I enjoy playing with boys,” said Allah Daad, a one-time mujahedin commander in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz." The recent history of Afghanistan...

Boys Charged With Sex Crimes for Butt-Slapping

"The two boys tore down the hall of Patton Middle School after lunch, swatting the bottoms of girls as they ran -- what some kids later said was a common form of greeting. But bottom-slapping is against policy in McMinnville Public Schools. So ... a police officer stationed...

Natalee Holloway Two Years Later--What Have We Really Learned?

Unfortunately, it has been over two years since Natalee Holloway vanished after last being seen with Joran van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers in Aruba during her high school graduation trip. Within the past 24...

Jennifer Kesse--A Missing Woman or a Possible Sex Slave?

I remember when the story about 24-year old Jennifer Kesse going missing first hit. However, I was so deeply involved with my blog on Natalee Holloway case to know every detail about Jennifer Kesse and the...

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