7 April 2012
Sex Culture
Sex Culture
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, 15-year-old Sahar Gul, is carried
into hospital in Baghlan north of Kabul, Afghanistan. According to officials
in northeastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for
six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke
her fingers _ all in an attempt to force her into prostitution. Police freed
her last week after her uncle called authorities. |
In this photo taken Saturday, June 19, 2010, a prostitute peers out from
her makeshift shack as she waits for clients in downtown Port-au-Prince.
Many prostitutes have begun setting up makeshift brothels in the rubble of
the buildings that were destroyed during the Jan. 12 earthquake. (Alexandre
Meneghini) |
In this photo taken May 5, 2011, a sex worker dances with a customer at the
Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling the possible
end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government wants to build to
link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal. The government
is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July 29. (Felipe Dana) |
In this photo taken Thursday March 1, 2012 , an exotic dancer performs during
the 2012 Sex and Entertainment Expo in Mexico City. The Sex and Entertainment
Expo is an annual event where vendors in the sex industry promote their goods
and local strip clubs offer a glimpse of their establishments. This year
is the event's ninth consecutive year. AP |
In this photo taken May 8, 2011, a sex worker poses for a photo in her cubicle
at the Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling
the possible end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government wants
to build to link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal.
The government is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July 29.
(Felipe Dana) |
EDS NOTE NUDITY - In this photo taken May 5, 2011, a sex worker finishes
her makeup as a coworker dries her hair as they get ready to work at the
Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling the possible
demise of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government wants to build
to link Rio to Sao Paulo, a $22 billion project that was promised in Brazil's
Olympic proposal. The government is expected to open bidding to prospective
builders July 29. (Felipe Dana) |
In this photo taken May 25, 2011, Dara, second right, drinks with a customer
as other sex workers get ready at the Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling the possible end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed
train the government wants to build to link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of
Brazil's Olympic proposal. The government is expected to open bidding to
prospective builders July 29. (Felipe Dana) |
A prostitute waits for clients in the Bois de Boulogne, on March 2, 2012
in Paris. Twenty-five suspected prostitutes were arrested during an overnight
anti-prostitution operation. Getty [Image below obscured by source.]
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In this photo taken May 25, 2011, A sex worker waits for customers at the
Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling the possible
end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government wants to build to
link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal. The government
is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July 29. (Felipe Dana) |
In this photo taken May 5, 2011, men sit at a bar as sex workers wait for
customers at the Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Spelling the possible end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government
wants to build to link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal.
The government is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July 29.
(Felipe Dana) |
In this photo taken May 5, 2011, a sex worker enters a cubicle where she
sees her clients at Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Spelling the possible end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government
wants to build to link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal.
The government is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July
29.(Felipe Dana) |
In this photo taken May 25, 2011, A sex worker, right, dances with a customer
at the Vila Mimosa prostitution zone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Spelling
the possible end of Vila Mimosa is a high-speed train the government wants
to build to link Rio to Sao Paulo, as part of Brazil's Olympic proposal.
The government is expected to open bidding to prospective builders July 29.
(Felipe Dana) |
A security guard attempts to control an half naked activist and protestor
from the Ukrainian women's right movement FEMEN, after she whistled and waved
a file with a sign reading 'EURO-2012 without prostitution' painted on her
body, in Kiev, on June 8, 2011, during the countdown event dedicated to the
beginning of the official start of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football
Championship which will be hosted in Ukraine and Poland and is planned to
kick-off on June 8, 2012. Getty |
In this photo taken Friday June 11, 2010, Majouli Feriz, 20, who works as
a prostitute, laughs as she talks to other prostitutes, unseen, in the rubble
of a damaged building in downtown Port-au-Prince. Many prostitutes have begun
setting up makeshift brothels in the rubble of the buildings that were destroyed
during the Jan. 12 earthquake. (Alexandre Meneghini) |
In this photo taken Friday June 25, 2010, men watch a prostitute with a customer
at her improvised shelter in downtown Port-au-Prince. Many prostitutes have
begun setting up makeshift brothels in the rubble of the buildings that were
destroyed during the Jan. 12 earthquake. (Alexandre Meneghini) |
In this photo taken Saturday June 19, 2010, prostitutes relax as they wait
for customers in downtown Port-au-Prince. Many prostitutes have begun setting
up makeshift brothels in the rubble of the buildings that were destroyed
during the Jan. 12 earthquake. (Alexandre Meneghini) |
In this photo taken June 5, 2010, Stephen Clancy Hill, 34, a porn actor suspected
of fatally stabbing a former co-worker and wounding two others during a violent
rampage threatens to kill himself with a samurai sword as Los Angeles Police
Department SWAT team members and crisis counselors attempt to keep him from
jumping off a cliff during a dramatic, daylong standoff in Chatsworth, Calif.
Saturday afternoon. Clancy later fell to his death when officers moved in.
(Axel Koester) |
EDS: NOTE NUDITY -- Performers from the Beija Flor samba school parade during
carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday,
Feb. 20, 2012. Millions watched the sequin-clad samba dancers at Rio de Janeiro's
iconic Carnival parade. (Victor R. Caivano) |
Prostitutes wear masks as they attend a demonstration ahead of vote on a
symbolic resolution to abolish prostitution at the National Assembly in Paris
December 6, 2011. French Parliament is to debate abolishing prostitution
through a crackdown which would criminalise payment for sex. Reuters |
Romanian students dressed as caged brides attend an event to raise awareness
to the risks of human trafficking and sexual exploitation faced by young
girls lured by the prospect of a better paying job abroad, in Bucharest,
Romania, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. The event promoted the Romanian premiere
of the movie "If the Seed doesn't die" by Serb-born director Sinisa Dragin
which tells the story of Romanian searching for his daughter, forced into
prostitution in Kosovo, and a Serbian seeking the body of his son killed
in a car accident in Romania. AP |
In this Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002 file photo, Zakiya, 30, who is accused of
adultery, sews while she holds her daughter Zohra, 1, on her lap at the women's
prison in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women interviewed by Human Rights Watch often
said they were trying to escape abusive husbands or forced marriages. In
some cases, those who had left were assumed to have cheated on their husbands,
and therefore were jailed for adultery, which is a criminal offense in
Afghanistan. (Lynne Sladky) |
An unidentified Afghan prostitute holds her phones after talking with her
friends in her Madame's house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, May 26, 2008.
Afghanistan is one of the world's most conservative countries, yet its sex
trade appears to be thriving. (Farzana Wahidy) |
In this picture made Friday, May 8, 2009, Eva, left, and Dana, right (full
names not given) pose inside the Artemis brothel in Berlin. Like so many
other businesses, Europe's largest legalized prostitution industry is having
to adapt to the economic downturn. In response, clubs and brothels are
increasingly marketing themselves either as high-class, exclusive spas, or
as bargain basements of delight. (Franka Bruns) |
Children in costumes display their placards during an anti-child pornography
rally in front of the House of Representatives Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in
suburban Quezon City north of Manila, Philippines. The rally conveys a theme
as a religious procession called "Flores de Mayo" to claim the legislators
to prioritize the passage of the anti-child pornography bill. (Pat Roque) |
Indonesian protesters march against an anti-pornography bill in Denpasar,
Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. About thousand of people attended
a rally opposing the endorsement of the anti- pornography bill by the Indonesian
parliament. (Firdia Lisnawati) |
** EDS NOTE: NUDITY ** A visitor poses for a friend's camera in front of
a poster at Lisbon's International Erotic Exhibition Saturday night, Oct.
31, 2009, in Portugal. (Armando Franca) |
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