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General Category => Politics and academic/media queries => Topic started by: SW on 18 September 2017, 06:27:42 pm

Title: TUC voted against decriminalisation of sex work
Post by: SW on 18 September 2017, 06:27:42 pm: https://leftfootforward.org/ 2017/09 /the-tuc-voted-against-decriminalising-sex-work- heres-why-it-was -the-right-decision/

Will be writing a response to left foot forward site and to the TUC. Does anyone know of any good research pieces or stats I can use to provide counter evidence to their claims?

Am incensed by their decision not to recognise sex work as valid work and their reasons for it. It seems the majority of indoor independent sex workers dont exist to the researchers they've listened to!
Title: Re: TUC voted against decriminalisation of sex work
Post by: Lucie268 on 18 September 2017, 06:45:59 pm: Infuriating.

The problem with this article is that it doesn't look at the actual repercussions of the different legal models - it's all just based on emotion. It's just a reductive 'sex work is bad, therefore we must make it illegal'. Okay, so if coercion/trafficking is a problem then decrim isn't going to make that worse - in fact the opposite. Same goes for the claims of rape and violence - decrim will help sex workers feel confident reporting rape and violence.

I always compare it to restrictions on abortions - no matter your moral objections to abortion it's a fact that people will still have them so it might as well be made safe.

I think SCOT-PEP have a good factsheet for stats (specifically for countering the nordic model)

http:// www.scot-pep.org.uk /sites/default/files/reports/the_swedish_model_summary.pdf
Title: Re: TUC voted against decriminalisation of sex work
Post by: Braziliana on 18 September 2017, 07:48:20 pm: Quote from: SW on 18 September 2017, 06:27:42 pm
https://leftfootforward.org/ 2017/09 /the-tuc-voted-against-decriminalising-sex-work- heres-why-it-was -the-right-decision/

This link does not work. Please see try to post the correct link as I too would like to voice my views on this matter.

(I plan to use the arguments for consensual prostitution presented by Dr Bateman in the media this past March. To see it for yourself, just Google "Dr Bateman on consensual prostitution". The article concerned was the subject of the post at http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=37804.msg287269#msg287269).

Many thanks.
Title: Re: TUC voted against decriminalisation of sex work
Post by: Lucie268 on 19 September 2017, 11:14:01 pm: If you take the spaces out of the link it works fine!
Title: Re: TUC voted against decriminalisation of sex work
Post by: SW on 20 September 2017, 03:07:40 pm: Thanks guys

We are not supposed to post links on here thats why its broken up.