The blockbuster videogame launch of Grand Theft Auto V was met with a fanfare of confusing messages. Gamers were promised the familiar diet of salacious content: players are free, so we are told, to drive drunk and exploit ...
Software
Sep 20, 2013
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We recently studied the health and safety of sex workers in Western Australia. While such a study was conducted in 2007, we were interested to see if the sex industry had changed in the past decade, and to learn more about ...
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2017
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While the media is replete with examples of "normal" men who seek out prostitutes regularly, how common are prostitute-seeking men and how much do they differ from men in the normal population? According to a new comparison ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2013
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Historically, men dominated migration patterns as they moved in search of employment opportunities to provide for their families. Patriarchal societies expected men to be the sole provider while women looked after homes and ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2019
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It is time to change the debate around sex work from a moral issue to one of workers' rights, a University of Otago study argues.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2021
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Marriage equality appears to have a major economic benefit for countries. Washington State University researchers found that European countries that recognized same-sex marriages kept more of their highly skilled workers ...
Economics & Business
Jul 24, 2024
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A QUT criminologist who has researched male sex work extensively has endorsed Amnesty International's call for international decriminalisation of prostitution.
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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As COVID-19 forced Canadians to stay home and many stop working, people across numerous sectors were confused as to which income replacement programs they were eligible for.
Economics & Business
Dec 14, 2021
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Sex work is unprotected, increasingly dangerous and needs to be decriminalized, according to a new report published in the Canadian Review of Sociology. Co-authored by Concordia University and University of Windsor researchers, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2011
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A pioneering project has proven successful in helping women sex workers escape a downward spiral – and in one case was a life-saver.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2018
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