jane
Well-Known Member
The Swedish model, as Milker pasted, is the criminalisation of the punter only, but the result is that for many sex workers, especially those who work on the streets, they have to move to darker and less safe corners and areas of the city. They also have less time to suss out whether a prospective punter is safe, and they end up spending more time working on their own. Plus, because the punters are more afraid of being caught, those who might have a tendency to treat the women (and I'm only talking about women here because I know very little about male sex workers) badly will be more likely to do so.
Now I will bullet point and totally disassociate from the fembolism this issue frequently gives me:
Not all sex work is the same.
Trafficked women are not sex workers in the same way as women who find themselves doing it to get by, they are slaves.
Some women choose it for themselves because they want to. Not all women choose it because they want to.
The reality of sex work is much more complex than can be discussed on an internet forum where these things usually break out into pissing contests.
There is a strong likelihood that someone reading this thread has used the services of a sex worker. There is a strong likelihood that someone reading this thread has done sex work.
I don't agree with the 'pro-choice women are probably also anti-prostitution' idea. I understand where this comes from. A lot of feminist groups are very anti-sex work, but as a result are anti-sex worker, which is pretty lame and alienates an entire category of people. Abortion is a reality, and I don't see the point of being 'for' or 'against' it. Sex work is a reality, and being 'for' or 'against' also seems pointless. Reality is not something you can be for or against; it's like going out and protesting against thunderstorms.
One woman I spoke with once said that she thought it was totally fucking lame that people thought of her as a dirty prossie, but would themselves go down the pub and gladly suck a fella off for a few lines of coke. She thought that was pretty fucking hypocritical. I agree.
The end.
I said I wasn't gonna, but I did. Sweet lord above, someone post some puppies already.
Now I will bullet point and totally disassociate from the fembolism this issue frequently gives me:
Not all sex work is the same.
Trafficked women are not sex workers in the same way as women who find themselves doing it to get by, they are slaves.
Some women choose it for themselves because they want to. Not all women choose it because they want to.
The reality of sex work is much more complex than can be discussed on an internet forum where these things usually break out into pissing contests.
There is a strong likelihood that someone reading this thread has used the services of a sex worker. There is a strong likelihood that someone reading this thread has done sex work.
I don't agree with the 'pro-choice women are probably also anti-prostitution' idea. I understand where this comes from. A lot of feminist groups are very anti-sex work, but as a result are anti-sex worker, which is pretty lame and alienates an entire category of people. Abortion is a reality, and I don't see the point of being 'for' or 'against' it. Sex work is a reality, and being 'for' or 'against' also seems pointless. Reality is not something you can be for or against; it's like going out and protesting against thunderstorms.
One woman I spoke with once said that she thought it was totally fucking lame that people thought of her as a dirty prossie, but would themselves go down the pub and gladly suck a fella off for a few lines of coke. She thought that was pretty fucking hypocritical. I agree.
The end.
I said I wasn't gonna, but I did. Sweet lord above, someone post some puppies already.
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