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  • Thaddeus Blanchette 0

    Police as pimps

    Rio anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette breaks down one of the unspoken facts of prostitution in Rio: the police work as pimps, and the militia provides “security.” In this video ...

    On November 20, 2014 / By jruv
  • Interviews 0

    Ruby: “World Cup was not good for us.”

    Ruby and Aline, colleagues for almost a decade in Vila Mimosa, talk about what it was like to work over World Cup. I’m not going to lie. World ...

    On September 23, 2014 / By jruv
  • Anthropology 1

    World Cup was bad business for the vast majority of sex workers in Rio

    Observatory of Prostitution – World Cup Preliminary Report The Observatory of Prostitution is pleased to announce the publication of our preliminary report of findings on the World Cup’s ...

    On September 5, 2014 / By jruv
  • Interviews 1

    I want to know about your safety.

    Three weeks into World Cup, on the day of the Argentina vs Belgium quarterfinal, I met Ani, Aline’s colleague in Vila Mimosa for the last ten years. Ani ...

    On August 7, 2014 / By jruv
  • Anthropology 6

    100 sex workers illegally arrested, robbed and raped near Rio

    Niterói, May 23, 2014 Published in the Observatório da Prostituição (link) I am a research collaborator with the  Observatório da Prostituição (Observatory on Prostitution), an extension project of the Metropolitan ...

    On May 25, 2014 / By jruv
  • Cristiana Schettini 2

    Prostitution Today in Rio

    Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of  Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More than tolerated – effectively managed”. Published to RED LIGHT ...

    On January 26, 2014 / By jruv
  • Cristiana Schettini 3

    Police as Madams

    Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of  Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More than tolerated – effectively managed”. Published to RED LIGHT ...

    On January 26, 2014 / By jruv
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