It’s A Risque Business

Sex-for-sale classifieds made headlines when they came under attack by the police, but many feel sexist display ads are the ones that should be targeted for the way they degrade women

It was no surprise when police dropped charges against NOW magazine last September. The surprise had come when the charges were laid: essentially they amounted to charges of soliciting-“communicating for the purposes of prostitution.” The “communicating” law was introduced in 1985 to curb street solicitation by and of prostitutes, without making prostitution itself illegal. The […]