The John Next Door

[homasse]

The John Next Door
The men who buy sex are your neighbors and colleagues. A new study reveals how the burgeoning demand for porn and prostitutes is warping personal relationships and endangering women and girls.Men of all ages, races, religions, and backgrounds do it. Rich men do it, and poor men do it, in forms so varied and ubiquitous that they

Comments

[chaya]

I'm far more concerned by and interested in learning about men that visit prostitutes than men who watch porn. Kind of confused as to why they had to include porn at all in this general study..? In comparison to prostitution the problems associated are pretty low.

[alierakieron]

My thoughts exactly. That's... one hell of a jump.

[archanglrobriel]

Yeah, it seems very much like a "one of these things is NOT like the others."

[alierakieron]

It's... kinda like.... well, I'm struggling for an analogy without a bunch of unfortunate connotations, but...
yeah.
And what counts as porn here? Does literary porn (IE, about the most victimless thing I can possibly imagine if you consider sex workers as victims, which I realize isn't apt either) count?

[eyetosky]

Just for the sake of curiosity, why?

[serious_mccoy]

Very freaking important paragraph: "In 1999 Sweden decided that prostitution was a form of violence against women and made it a crime to buy sex, although not to sell it. This approach dramatically reduced trafficking, whereas the legalization of prostitution in the Netherlands, Germany, and much of Australia led to an explosive growth in demand that generated an increase in trafficking and other crimes. Sweden’s success in dealing with the problem has persuaded other countries to follow suit."

Let's not get stuck on discussing porn here, plz.

[hola_meg_a_cola]

I remember reading about the ruling in Sweden in 'Half the Sky,' and how traffickers pretty much avoid Sweden all around. Really, it's the right road to go down at this point.

[homasse]

I'm glad that the Swedish model seems to be spreading. It does seem to be the best way of actually slowing down trafficking, and to give trafficked women and girls a way to get out without being punished.

It does seem to be the best way of actually slowing down trafficking

[evildevil]

It may not be perfect, but given the alternative... What worries me is that there are still people who looks down upon this idea of these victims as being victims and we are already having politicians who refuse to be part of the solution and instead try stalling tactics to fix the problem. It's easier for them to win votes if it looks like they are being tough on prostitution instead of trying to educate the public that this situation is more complex than they think.

[popehippo]

PORN /=/ PROSTITUTION, FFS.

[homasse]

...I love how damn near everyone is focusing on the inclusion on porn more than once in a month on the john/not john side of things instead of looking at the important parts of the article.

Way to go, y'all. -_-

[serious_mccoy]

Fucking aggravating. Oh, human trafficking? well that's bad I guess but OH MY GOD DON'T YOU DARE TALK BADLY ABOUT MY PORN!!

[homasse]

Exactly. So far, ontd_p is not looking very good in my eyes. -_-

When I was formatting this to post, a little voice in my head went, "I just bet everyone's gonna hard on the porn thing, just watch, 'cause of all the love everyone has for their porn." Reading all the comments so far... :/

Priorities, y'all, seriously.

[homasse]

lol "go hard on the porn thing," lol