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Some Lurid Prostitution Myths Debunked

Submitted by RonWeitzer on 25 June 2009 - 7:30pm

**Reprinted from the Providence Journal (Rhode Island), June 19, 2009**

by Ronald Weitzer

In the past few weeks, advocates of criminalizing prostitution in Rhode Island have made many assertions about the “horrors” of prostitution to push legislation forward. Most of these claims are myths.

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