Five myths about prostitution - inspired by craigslist changes

[NoMoreLurking]

"Of course, selling sex is an old business -- most say the oldest. But as the Craigslist controversy proves, it's also one of the fastest changing. And as a result, most people's perceptions of the sex trade are wildly out of date."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/10/AR2010091002670.html

 

[JEFF247]

Craigslist would be the last place I look. It's election time and a bunch of State AG's wanted us to believe they were doing something by doing something meaningless.

 

[Huron]

I'm trying to think of how sheltered a person would have to be to actually still believe any of those myths...Pretty fucking sheltered, is my conclusion.

Nothing really inaccurate about the article, but I don't think it took Craigslist to bust those myths.

Hell, from my observations about Craigslist, those myths probably apply fairly well to Craigslist.

 

[Aardvark154]

It is a good op-ed piece, however, The Washington Post is to put it mildly hypocritical. They were all hot to trot over the prosecution of Deborah Jeane Palfrey two years ago.