Canada: Prostitution and "The Nordic Model" in effect

Submitted by fathers4fairness on Mon, 2015-02-23 01:37

Article here. Excerpt:

'Criminalizing johns for purchasing sex will make it more difficult for prostitutes to verify their client’s identity, which is a key safety measure in prostitution. The john bears all the legal risk in purchasing sex making it more likely that they will take steps to conceal their identity. Furthermore, it means that any street transactions for purchasing sex will likely be conducted in secluded spots where the prostitute is at greater risk.

The new prostitution laws are somewhat reminiscent of the early 1900s when women were not persons and could be convicted of vagrancy for being out in public without a legitimate reason. There was little regard for the social reasons then as to why women engaged in prostitution and no regard for women’s right to choose what to do with their own bodies.

Today, women are considered victims of prostitution without any regard to the social reasons for why women engage in prostitution and in complete disregard for the women, who freely choose prostitution, to choose to do what they want with their own bodies.'

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... legalize it. I mean, most marriages are a form of legalized prostitution in fact, even if sex isn't the coin of trade for money.

For women who (*gasp*) actually like to have sex with many different men, have no tolerance or interest in a "normal" job, and have no interest in marriage, turning tricks is not a bad idea. But if same is illegal, then what?

Nowhere that I'm aware of is an illegal Xaction considered prosecutable vs. just one of the parties but not the other, except here. Bizarre.

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2015-02-23 02:03