Under plans to change prostitution laws, those who pay for sex with women who have been forced into prostitution (by traffickers or drug dealers) might face prosecution and charges of rape. Although, in my opinion, this is a step in the right direction, it is also a very small one, and I am amazed that it has taken so long for such action to be taken! In my ignorance, I hadn't realised that paying to have sex with a woman being forced, against her will, to work as prostitute wasn't rape.
Also, since, according to police reports the majority (atleast 70%) of prostitutes in Britain are trafficked here, and therefore most men who go to prostitutes for sex are rapists, wouldn't it have been better to follow Sweden and ban it all together?
Out of those prostitutes who have "freely chosen" their line of work, I wonder what it was that helped them to make this choice. Poverty? Experience of sexual abuse as a child? Is it acceptable for men to exploit women who haven't been trafficked into prostitution but who have effectively been forced into it due to underpriviledged backgrounds?
And what effect does condoning some forms of prostitution have on the rest of us? Does it not add to a general climate of sexual aggression against and objectification of women?
Also, since, according to police reports the majority (atleast 70%) of prostitutes in Britain are trafficked here, and therefore most men who go to prostitutes for sex are rapists, wouldn't it have been better to follow Sweden and ban it all together?
Out of those prostitutes who have "freely chosen" their line of work, I wonder what it was that helped them to make this choice. Poverty? Experience of sexual abuse as a child? Is it acceptable for men to exploit women who haven't been trafficked into prostitution but who have effectively been forced into it due to underpriviledged backgrounds?
And what effect does condoning some forms of prostitution have on the rest of us? Does it not add to a general climate of sexual aggression against and objectification of women?
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