Pornography and Prostitution

The Harmfulness of Pornography

Filed under Pornography and Prostitution, Position Statement.

A huge majority of Americans believe that some forms of "pornography" - eg. eroticized rape scenes - influence some men toward real-life sexual aggression. Social science also now confirms this. A large body of behavioral research shows that men exposed to certain rape portrayals show psychological changes that increase the likelihood of attacks on women.

Taxing Prostitution? Please Think Again... and a bit Deeper

Filed under Paper, Pornography and Prostitution.

Raising funds by taxing prostitution is surely among the most wrong-headed, misinformed - and in the deepest sense immoral - ideas being pushed in America today. Thus The New York Times' unusually light-hearted and splashy, four-columns, two-photos story by Charlie LeDuff on 6/28/03, which naively glamorized and implicitly promoted prostitution will give more fuel to all the critics who increasingly wonder when the respected paper will recover its critical faculties.

NOMAS supports Reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, HR 3887

Submitted by rozdzialm on January 24, 2008 - 11:03am. Filed under News, Paper, Pornography and Prostitution.

The U.S. law addressing the crime of Sex Trafficking, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 0f 2000, is about to expire and must be reauthorized by Congress.

On December 4, the House did something remarkable. It overwhelmingly passed HR 3887 which not only extends the TVPA, but greatly improves it. The trafficking issue now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

NOMAS supports Reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, HR 3887

Submitted by rozdzialm on January 24, 2008 - 11:03am. Filed under News, Paper, Pornography and Prostitution.

The U.S. law addressing the crime of Sex Trafficking, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 0f 2000, is about to expire and must be reauthorized by Congress.

On December 4, the House did something remarkable. It overwhelmingly passed HR 3887 which not only extends the TVPA, but greatly improves it. The trafficking issue now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee.