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Supreme Court strikes down Canada's prostitution laws

Dec 20, 2013 16:06

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sex work, canada

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magus_69 December 20 2013, 23:21:37 UTC

I hope that whatever happens is in the best interests of the sex workers.

rhysande December 20 2013, 23:40:56 UTC

I'd like to see prostitution legalized if there's a practical way to do it that will protect sex workers and stop human trafficking.

lied_ohne_worte December 21 2013, 01:10:32 UTC

Legalisation won't do that, sadly, unless it's accompanied by other measures. They tried it here in Germany, and it was quite a failure. Human trafficking is alive and kicking, and the number of sex workers who pay into social security is 44. The law was celebrated by feminists as protection for prostitutes, and it's now regarded a failure by more or less all political parties and sex workers themselves ( ... )

rhysande December 21 2013, 05:24:05 UTC

Of course. Any measures to legalize prostitution would need to be accompanied by additional laws and regulations to protect sex workers and crack down on those who exploit the vulnerable and force them into prostitution.

mimblexwimble December 22 2013, 06:56:01 UTC

yeah, at this point the legalization of prostitution seems to mean less for sex workers than it does for the people who abuse them...

eldvno December 21 2013, 01:49:30 UTC

Well, this will end spectacularly badly.

romp December 21 2013, 08:50:33 UTC

we've never had a psychic in this comm before! please say more

romp December 21 2013, 09:21:27 UTC

Glad the ruling went this way--I didn't hear about this because all the news around me is about the Enbridge ruling. Getting rid of laws that aren't enforced and are flawed in the first place is a good thing.

I'm suspicious of how many people are sure decriminalizing sex work = organized crime. We already have the organizing crime so what would change with that? And this POV is coming from a lot of evangelical groups which smells like caring theatre. Are the groups against this also working on ending poverty, underfunded mental health help, and the "crime" of addiction?

at least in Canada, I keep finding Christianity behind the human trafficking = prostitution idea like Alliance for Action. I noticed a new doc on the topic is showing at a lot of churches but the website of the couple of made it doesn't mention religion. It does mention learning about "modern day slavery" at a "leadership conference" (what is that?) from International Justice Mission which sounds great but is "faith-cased" and "grew out of a group of Christian ( ... )