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Red KB

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France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« on: 07 April 2016, 10:02:27 am »
Just seen this.

theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/france-passes-law-illegal-to-pay-for-sex-criminalise-customers
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Nova

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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #1 on: 07 April 2016, 11:35:42 am »
I saw this last night.
Fuckity fuck.
How dreadful for all those French sex workers. I so hope UK doesn't do the same. We'd be in serious trouble then.

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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #2 on: 07 April 2016, 11:47:21 am »
I so hope UK doesn't do the same.

I think it's coming. That's what the so-called parliamentary inquiry is all about. What I've read about it indicates it is heavily biased.

N.I. has been soft pedalled with minimal action, so that it can be sneaked through with less fuss.
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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #3 on: 08 April 2016, 10:59:26 am »
If Europe votes for the 'Swedish model' on prostitution, women will be at risk by
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ww.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/24/europe-vote-swedish-model-prostitution
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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #4 on: 08 April 2016, 11:03:58 am »
Just seen this.

theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/france-passes-law-illegal-to-pay-for-sex-criminalise-customers

Patriarchy desguised as er... (cough cough) "progress" deciding what's good for me and whatsnot, who has access to my pussy and who doesn't.

It really makes my fuckin blood boil.


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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #5 on: 10 April 2016, 07:04:37 pm »
I saw it. I think it's ridiculous. And if they try to bring it here I will literally do everything I can to protest it. And I'm not one for protesting!
Without this job I wouldn't have been able to get through university, start new hobbies and do so many things.  I wouldn't have met really great people who have helped me and I wouldn't be able to have explored new job paths. the fact that it isn't illegal has made my life ten times easier. Someone tried to threaten that they would report the fact that I'm an escort to the police I actually laughed so hard and told them please do.

Criminalising customers will be terrible for customers. Pimps and bad prossie's will suddenly have the power to say to clients, "if you don't do what I like I will report the fact that you've seen an escort to the police" like why does that seem like a good idea to anyone.

As long as men have penises they will never drive down demand! That's just the truth. They'll just push it underground and create a whole new set of vulnerable people.
If they want to stop trafficking they need Harsher trafficking laws! Criminalise all the pimps/brothels! Drive down hard on them! Make it easier to report trafficking and being forced into prostitiution. Give vulnerable prostitiutes witness protection if necessary. Then make prostituion a less attractive option. Raise the minimum wage, make education free so people don't have to pay for it. Debt forgiveness. Help with housing. That sort of thing.

Like who makes these laws. :'( :FF

Dexi Delite

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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #6 on: 11 April 2016, 08:47:07 am »
Apparently thelaw was introduced to help sex workers, so that if they were attacked/robbed by a client then they had an extra law to bring that client to justice.  Knowing what governments are like, I get the feeling the law will be abused.
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Nova

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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #7 on: 11 April 2016, 12:45:30 pm »
It's ridiculous though, given that attacking/robbing someone is ALREADY  illegal.
All the things that people don't like about sex work* are already illegal - how about they just enforce those laws?

*Oh, except women being able to do what they want with their bodies.

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Re: France Passes Law to Criminalise Customers
« Reply #8 on: 12 April 2016, 03:24:08 am »
I saw it. I think it's ridiculous. And if they try to bring it here I will literally do everything I can to protest it. And I'm not one for protesting!

They are trying to bring it here. There is a parliamentary committee working on that right now, and it has already been introduced in Northern Ireland.