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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 18 July | 80 comments (80 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Discussions about treating porostitution like a normal business disgust me most knowing that this is how brothels, including legal ones, are "supplied".

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Jul 18th, 2009 at 05:05:10 AM EST
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I have yet to hear of a workable solution regarding prostitution. Legalising them doesn't seem to work, making them illegal doesn't work, treating the workers or the clients as criminals doesn't work any better than ignoring them.

At least drug addiction and associated social problems respond to legalisation. Nothing seems to stop prostitution being exploitative.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jul 18th, 2009 at 08:09:01 AM EST
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treating ... the clients as criminals doesn't work any better than ignoring them.

I'm not convinced about that. (I.e. I am not convinced by the criticisms of the Swedish model.)

Nothing seems to stop prostitution being exploitative.

Yep.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Jul 18th, 2009 at 08:46:22 AM EST
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I should add that I agree that criminalising the 'workers' makes little sense (practically, and to the very least for the human-trafficked among them, morally).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Jul 18th, 2009 at 08:51:39 AM EST
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