The Inadequacies of Tinkering: Unmeetable Promises and Failed Incrementalism in U.S. "Prostitution Diversion Programs"

Response to Kate Mogulescu, “Your Cervix is Showing: Loitering for Prostitution Policing as Gendered Stop & Frisk.” Kate Mogulescu’s article, “Your Cervix is Showing: Loitering for Prostitution Policing as Gendered Stop & Frisk” (“‘Your Cervix is Showing’”), analyzes New York’s loitering for...

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Published in:University of Miami law review 2020-10, Vol.75 (1), p.76
Main Authors: Daryani, Poonam, Miller, Alice M, Sarnak, Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corruption
Gender identity
Harassment
Law enforcement
Police
Prostitution
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Summary:Response to Kate Mogulescu, “Your Cervix is Showing: Loitering for Prostitution Policing as Gendered Stop & Frisk.” Kate Mogulescu’s article, “Your Cervix is Showing: Loitering for Prostitution Policing as Gendered Stop & Frisk” (“‘Your Cervix is Showing’”), analyzes New York’s loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution offense laws (“LPP laws”) to demonstrate “the interplay between gender and petty offense enforcement.” Her article’s title captures a phenomenon that is both absurd and dangerous: It derives from an actual criminal complaint in which a police officer reported that the defendant’s “cervix” was “exposed” as she walked the street. The absurdity is, of course, the physical impossibility of a cervix “showing;” no matter what an individual wears, the danger stems from the fact that a cop successfully used this absurd notion as a basis for arrest.
ISSN:0041-9818