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NYC sex workers avoiding condoms due to fear of getting caught for prostitution
DNA ^ | March 6, 2013 | ANI

Posted on 03/10/2013 6:45:58 PM PDT by Jyotishi

New York - Carrying condoms has resulted in arrest for a growing number of women in New York.

Experts said that the issue may be contributing to a public health crisis in which sex workers are beginning to use condoms less frequently.

In an incident cited by Vice magazine, a New York woman was arrested and charged with “loitering for the purpose of prostitution” after an officer found a condom in her purse, the New York Daily News reported.

The unnamed woman was wearing jean shorts and a “tight” shirt and had been standing outdoors for about 30 minutes.

After she had a conversation with a “passing man,” an officer searched her bag, where he found a condom and 1.25 dollars and arrested her, according to the publication.

While condoms themselves are not illegal, police in many cities are allegedly using them as the basis for evidence of prostitution and arrest, a trend that public health experts say is happening more often as police continue to crack down on the time-old trade.

“Despite the fact that most prostitution cases do not go to trial, condoms are frequently vouchered and cited in criminal court complaints and supporting depositions as arrest evidence in prostitution-related cases,” the authors of a prominent 2012 study conducted by sex worker advocate the PROS Network wrote.

The study, ‘Public Health Crisis: the Impact of Using Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution in New York City,’ goes on to say that “these policies and practices may have a dangerous impact on safer sex practices in general.

Nearly half the participants in the study who were involved in the sex trade said they had not carried condoms “out of fear that it may get them in trouble with the police or lead to their arrest,” PROS sociologists wrote.

“For all too many people in the sex trade, the importance of safe sex is outweighed by the importance of avoiding police harassment, humiliation, sexual and physical abuse, and arrest, as well as the potential indirect consequences of arrest,” the study stated.

New York City itself hands out more than 30 million condoms each year at clinics, health fairs and other centers through the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. But the distribution is nothing short of ironic, given that some key communities are now afraid to carry them.

A New York sex worker told Human Rights Watch as part of the group’s 2012 study “Sex Workers at Risk” that she can only carry one condom because police catch her.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: condom; crime; health; prostitution; sex; std
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To: Jyotishi

“Sex workers”...”undocumented immigrants”....they’re hijacking the language.


41 posted on 03/10/2013 7:33:07 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
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To: SpaceBar
it’s time to rename it New Pyongyang.

I'd prefer New Sodom...or New Calcutta.

42 posted on 03/10/2013 7:36:33 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
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To: Jyotishi

BYOC?


43 posted on 03/10/2013 7:39:00 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (The amount of ammo you need is determined after the gunfight.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Me, I prefer “immigrant workers” and “undocumented sex”.


44 posted on 03/10/2013 7:41:14 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Jyotishi
These gals do get a little aggressive at times. I was walking to a drug store about two blocks away from my hotel when I was there on business once. The intention was to get a little air and buy a toothbrush for a lot less than the hotel charged. At a stoplight across from the drug store, one of these ladies grabbed me by the arm and asked if I wanted to have some fun. First words out of my mouth were "Sorry, honey, you'd have to pay me!" It was almost comical how quickly she let go.
45 posted on 03/10/2013 7:43:40 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Girlfriend or boyfriend — “Unpaid sex worker”


46 posted on 03/10/2013 7:44:44 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

How in the world would they distinguish ‘ladies of the night’ from average 20 somethings these days who probably have condoms just in case they pick up somebody cute in a bar? In fact, I’m surprised the ‘ladies’ haven’t used that excuse!


47 posted on 03/10/2013 7:45:35 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Vigilanteman

Good one! I thought you were going to write that you told her, “Sure I’d love to have some fun sweetheart, I’ll be right back with a toothbrush.”


48 posted on 03/10/2013 7:48:18 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

and that extra large condoms are outlawed by Hizzoner....


49 posted on 03/10/2013 7:49:42 PM PDT by llevrok (Keep your arms out. It makes it harder for them to throw a net over you.)
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To: Jyotishi

This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.

Just say you got the condoms at school. Tell them you don’t charge anything, so there isn’t prostitution.

lolz

Or are they offended by the word “prostitute”??


50 posted on 03/10/2013 7:52:58 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: tbw2

haven’t we already had one with 25% of younger people carrying an STD of some type? Thank you sexual revolution for all those new diseases


51 posted on 03/10/2013 7:54:14 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: dfwgator

OOOOOHHHHH!


52 posted on 03/10/2013 7:54:19 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Jyotishi
sex workers

She works hard for the money.....

53 posted on 03/10/2013 7:57:27 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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To: tbw2

“They are going to see a massive spike of STDs in the heterosexual population in addition to the homosexual population.”

Anyone using these people deserve EXACTLY what they get, and given overall STD rate in NYC (25% in women), even a normal flirt/date/sex routine is a HUGE risk now.


54 posted on 03/10/2013 8:03:26 PM PDT by BobL (Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
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To: GeronL
The “sexual revolution” has always been happening. Each new generation thinks they are the first to discover sex. For example when the doughboys came home from the trenches of France and Belgium. They didn't call the following decade roaring for no reason.
55 posted on 03/10/2013 8:05:15 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Jyotishi

Arrested for a condom? Are they going to arrest the High School kids after they hand out condoms at school. Libs are very confusing people.


56 posted on 03/10/2013 8:07:25 PM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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To: SamAdams76

There used to be a calculator online that you could plug all kinds of variables into to see whether you might get a better deal over time with prostitutes vs dating and/or marriage. It was bitterly cynical, but pretty funny.


57 posted on 03/10/2013 8:12:08 PM PDT by Trod Upon (The Second Amendment acknowledges our inherent right to revolt if tyrannized. It ain't about hunting)
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To: Vigilanteman

‘First words out of my mouth were “Sorry, honey, you’d have to pay me!” It was almost comical how quickly she let go.’

LOL! Just think if you told your GF or wife that you’d charge her to have relations with you! The look on their face? PRICELESS!


58 posted on 03/10/2013 8:18:02 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I’m so good that it would be worth every penny because I have it all: size, stamina and technique. Mrs. Vigilanteman is a lucky lady.


59 posted on 03/10/2013 8:24:08 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

If she is a whore she works cheap.

She must be as ugly as Eleonor Clift.


60 posted on 03/10/2013 8:40:30 PM PDT by Venturer
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