{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Sex4Sale, Episode 7","description":"This is the seventh episode of KBOO News\u2019s special series, Sex4Sale, on the business of sex in Portland.  Today we\u2019re talking about the world\u2019s oldest profession.  What is it like here in Portland, and is it taking on a new look?   There are many faces of prostitution here and no single one speaks for all of them.  We\u2019ll start with Red Reid who runs an organization called STROLL.  We\u2019d call Red an \u201cactivist escort.\u201d             RR-2              RR-3 Besides her zine, Red publishes something she calls Bad Date Line. It\u2019s a kind of warning system that identifies people to watch out for.               RR-16   What is \u201cthe life\u201d and how do people, especially women, get into it?  Here\u2019s the view from the Portland Police Bureau:               PPB-3   How do you change the life of a prostitute?  Again, the Police Bureau:   PPB-8   What\u2019s it like in some special categories of the population? Here\u2019s Red:               S-8 (people of color)               S-9 LGBTQ               S-11   In Portland the focus is on arresting johns.  Is that a good approach?   DG-2.  Nordic model\u2026arrest johns.   Arresting johns might sound like the smart way to go, but is it really a solution?   DG-5.  Criminalization of johns is unsafe for prostitutes.     What are the different styles of prostitution and how do they affect women differently?   DG-3.  Some sex workers have agency.     How do feminists see this industry?  Is it something that provides economic opportunity, or just another harmful activity that promotes violence against women and makes them objects in our culture?  What about the organizations that are supposed to help women? S-11 (they give no help) S-12: Rahab\u2019s Sisters is a good organization.  Here we tell the story of Rahab\u2019s Sisters:  what is \u201cradical hospitality,\u201d and how could this idea change the world?              R-3: the idea of radical hospitality              R-6 what dinner Iike             Here\u2019s the whole story in a nutshell:             R-8: how the life starts, and they become the problem.   What\u2019s it like when a prostitute committing a crime becomes the victim of a crime?    R-7 So, it\u2019s one thing for a prostitute to have \u201cagency,\u201d or control over his or her situation.  But it\u2019s an entirely different thing to be a victim.  And we can see both of these scenarios playing out all the time in the world of prostitution right here in Portland. MUSIC  And we\u2019d like your feedback. At the end of this series we\u2019ll do a full episode in which you get to speak your mind on this subject.  If you have a comment or question about the series or about the sex trade, we\u2019d like to hear it.  Call the KBOO Newsroom at 503-231-8032 ext. 202 and we\u2019ll  hear you out and put you on the air. ","author_name":"theroadlive podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/theroadlive.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"