"Sex war - France's new revolution"

Yes, I know, looking at the laughable ACA rollout debacle (which isn't really all that funny-- if you're the one whose insurance is getting cancelled or more expensive) on top of the welcome-to-bizarre-o-world gov't shutdown (sequel in around 3 months; stay tuned!) the US had, a Yank can hardly sit back and point fingers, can he? Well when sizing up the idiocy of feminist-inspired legislation, any time's a good time to shake one's head in awe. Women, perhaps unadvisedly, but willingly trading sex for money-- *gasp*! THAT'S never happened before!!!

Barf.

Meanwhile, unemployment in France is at record highs, esp. among young adults, while the rest of Europe wonders just how long the EU can hold together. And here, some are actually trying to stop the World's Oldest Profession from marching ever-onward. Hope springs eternal.

Why am I not surprised it's the clients and not the workers that are being targeted. Male sexuality is being criminalized, one step at a time, but stepping from all angles.

Prostitutes (female ones, anyway) have been categorically made out to be victims. No one can deny some percentage of women (and girls) are coereced into prostitution. But it's far from the majority, in fact, a very small minority. (Feminists will vehemently deny this.) Still, they are crime victims ranging from being victims of fraud but still willing participants to the crime all the way to being abject sex slaves.

Problem is, a lot of things are like this-- example, the majority of drugs (the desultory kind) are sold legally. However some percentage are not. Some kinds of popular drugs that are largely or completely illegal (pot, coke, heroin, meth, etc.) still have a big market. I'm not advocating complacency. I'm simply saying, crime happens.

If prostitution were legalized, think of how much profit motive for traffickers would be removed. As it is now, prostitutes are criminals in most places, as are their clients, so law enforcement has to go after all of "the trade". If it were legalized so that only adults could be "licensed adult companion escorts", or whatever, law enforcement could focus on going after traffickers and especially traffickers in minors.

But no. Instead, they want to, in essence, tax the buyer in a random way and selective way (i.e., taxing only those caught patronizing prostitutes, which I guarantee will only be a very small percentage of prostitutes' clients). The result of this will be a *reduction* in prices prostitutes charge even if the actual amount the authorities collect in fines isn't that much.

And they'll still have the same problems with trafficked women and minors in "the trade"... all for a politically correct solution which won't be.