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Sweden's Prostitution Solution

11 pointsby jtemplinover 10 years ago

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mikhailtover 10 years ago
This is great news, I&#x27;m glad to see the women get the help they need and this is how what laws related to these crimes should be; stop blaming the victims in the first place and preventing people from becoming victims next. Criminalize the people causing the crimes, not the other way around.<p>Now, I do have a slight concern here. They legalized the selling of sex, so does anybody have a feeling the johns have found a loophole and the government might not be aware of it?
ghshephardover 10 years ago
See also Singapore&#x27;s approach to Drug Laws: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law_of_Singapore#Drug_trafficking" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Criminal_law_of_Singapore#Drug_...</a><p>It&#x27;s fascinating what kind of statutory experiments can be carried about, and what their impact is.<p>Whether it&#x27;s justice, of course, is another question altogether.
omonraover 10 years ago
I am curious to find real research as to what percent of prostitutes are doing it voluntarily (ie not coerced but simply choosing this line of work over others).<p>Googling the issue just brings up a bunch of feminist sites that (much like this one) simply claim that most women are coerced without any substantiation.