San Francisco's Postwar Sex District (2006)
If the &quot;sexual economy&quot; is so rich,  why aren&#x27;t there any rich and retired prostitutes?  This article seems to walk right over the problems that are endemic to that &quot;industry&quot; in an effort to paint it in an acceptable light.<p>It then claims,  without reference,  that the VCR was a market replacement for physical sexual encounters.  It goes on to ignore that AIDS was a health epidemic related to these sexual encounters,  and that when the seedy operators are finally taken out of an area the real estate values increase.<p>It seems to me to be trying to out of it&#x27;s way to flatly ignore the human cost of these &quot;sexual markets,&quot;  where the profit comes _from_ and where it ultimately _goes_.<p>I&#x27;m left wondering:  What value is this essay supposed to have to this particular forum?