The main conceptual problem in surrogacy — the production and sale of a child — reduces both women and children to commodities in commerce: things. Many articles and books can be found describing the horrors of surrogacy. Exploitation is common, with abuse and slave-like conditions for women. Often, several eggs...
Dennis Hof, Republican candidate for the Nevada Assembly, owns a third of the state’s legal brothels and refers to selling women like McDonalds burgers — a cheap and replaceable commodity. Most of us have heard the statement that prostitution is the oldest profession. It’s not true. Prostitution is neither the oldest...
Seventeen years after the end of a brutal civil war, Guatemala’s human rights record remains appalling. Since its independence from Spain in 1821, Guatemala was ruled mostly by dictators and commercial interests. Late in the 20th century, resistance to the government grew and the country was devastated over the course...
Sex trafficking would not exist without the “market” provided by prostitution.
