But anyway, to actually answer the question of how to help women who are currently in sex work, may I present to you
The Nordic Model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“
1. The full decriminalisation of those who are prostituted
The evidence suggests that the majority of women and children enter prostitution as a result of childhood abuse, poverty and misfortune, grooming, coercion, and/or betrayal, rather than as a free choice between a number of viable options. And the evidence is clear that prostitution is inherently violent and damages those in it and that getting out of it is much harder than getting into it. And a criminal record makes getting out even harder.We therefore call for the repeal of all the laws that target those who are prostituted and the clearing of their criminal records of any previous convictions for offences related to their own prostitution
.2. High-quality services for those in prostitution
We call for ring-fenced funding for high-quality services for those in prostitution. These must be non-judgemental and cover harm reduction as well as exiting support, including housing, legal advice, addiction services, long-term emotional and psychological support, education and training, and childcare.Because punters are almost entirely men, services for women should be female-only and services for men and transgendered people should be separate.
3. Buying sex to be made a criminal offence
We call for the purchase and attempted purchase of human beings for sex to be made a criminal offence, regardless of where in the world it takes place. We do not believe British men should be free to cause damage in other countries. As explained earlier, the aim is to change behaviour rather than to criminalise people. We recommend a maximum sentence of one year in prison.
4. The procuring, pimping and sex trafficking legislation to be strengthened
We believe that the UK’s pimping and sex trafficking legislation is not fit for purpose and we call for it to be replaced with stronger legislation that recognises procuring, pimping and sex trafficking as the human rights abuses that they are and for penalties that reflect this. The policing of these crimes must be fully resourced and prioritised.
5. All the factors that drive people into prostitution to be addressed
We do not accept prostitution as the answer for the poor and disadvantaged, for recent migrants, for single mothers, for women and children. Or indeed for anyone.We therefore call for a fairer and more equal society with a guaranteed minimum income for all, the elimination of the pay gap between women and men, better resources and support for parents and “looked after” children, an end to student fees and zero-hour contracts, and the tackling of all the other factors that trap people in poverty.
6. A holistic approach
Public information campaign
To be effective, the Nordic Model must be accompanied by a widespread public information campaign (like the one that accompanied the change in the smoking laws).
Education programmes in schools
That explain honestly the damage that prostitution causes.Training for police and others
Experience in other countries has shown that for the Nordic Model to be effective, it needs to be accompanied by in-depth training for the police, judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and frontline workers in education, social services, local government, the NHS, etc.The law to be prioritised and coordinated nationally
For the Nordic Model approach to be effective, it needs to be prioritised and implemented consistently across the country, otherwise pimps and punters will simply move to areas where it is not enforced. Similarly services for those who are prostituted must be coordinated nationally and not be left to the localism agenda.
We do not accept that women and children should ever be for sale.”
They fought both the distribution of alcohol and prostitution because their husbands would waste their wages on moonshine, tabaco and prostitutes then stumble home drunk and embarrass them and beat them and/or their children. This was before women had the right to vote, own property and didn’t have basic rights. They were basically living at the whims of their husbands.
They often lived in small towns where news travelled fast so news of their husbands being mean drunks, wife beaters and cads would be the town gossip this was humiliating but also ruined their reputations and affected their social standing.
Husbands would ‘visit’ brothels and contract STDs that they would then pass onto their wives. The medicine at the time wouldn’t have been able to cure STDs as easily as today which meant they could have a disease like Syphilis for years and never know.
The idiots in the notes whinging about them opposing and banning prostitution and alcohol have no ducking idea what these women went through.
They fought both the distribution of alcohol and prostitution because their husbands would waste their wages on moonshine, tabaco and prostitutes then stumble home drunk and embarrass them and beat them and/or their children. This was before women had the right to vote, own property and didn’t have basic rights. They were basically living at the whims of their husbands.
They often lived in small towns where news travelled fast so news of their husbands being mean drunks, wife beaters and cads would be the town gossip this was humiliating but also ruined their reputations and affected their social standing.
Husbands would ‘visit’ brothels and contract STDs that they would then pass onto their wives. The medicine at the time wouldn’t have been able to cure STDs as easily as today which meant they could have a disease like Syphilis for years and never know.
The idiots in the notes whinging about them opposing and banning prostitution and alcohol have no ducking idea what these women went through.
Men constantly say the most deplorable things about prostituted women in every setting (offices, homes, sitcoms, TV shows, movies, standup comedy, etc, etc). And it is MALE VIOLENCE that traps, dehumanises, and carry’s out terrible torture against prostituted women. Yet I don’t see any “swerf” type treatment given to any males. Nah, that shit is only reserved for feminists who dare to analyse prostitution as systematic violence and one of the main crux of women’s global oppression.
Men constantly say the most deplorable things about prostituted women in every setting (offices, homes, sitcoms, TV shows, movies, standup comedy, etc, etc). And it is MALE VIOLENCE that traps, dehumanises, and carry’s out terrible torture against prostituted women. Yet I don’t see any “swerf” type treatment given to any males. Nah, that shit is only reserved for feminists who dare to analyse prostitution as systematic violence and one of the main crux of women’s global oppression.
But anyway, to actually answer the question of how to help women who are currently in sex work, may I present to you
The Nordic Model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“
1. The full decriminalisation of those who are prostituted
The evidence suggests that the majority of women and children enter prostitution as a result of childhood abuse, poverty and misfortune, grooming, coercion, and/or betrayal, rather than as a free choice between a number of viable options. And the evidence is clear that prostitution is inherently violent and damages those in it and that getting out of it is much harder than getting into it. And a criminal record makes getting out even harder.We therefore call for the repeal of all the laws that target those who are prostituted and the clearing of their criminal records of any previous convictions for offences related to their own prostitution
.2. High-quality services for those in prostitution
We call for ring-fenced funding for high-quality services for those in prostitution. These must be non-judgemental and cover harm reduction as well as exiting support, including housing, legal advice, addiction services, long-term emotional and psychological support, education and training, and childcare.Because punters are almost entirely men, services for women should be female-only and services for men and transgendered people should be separate.
3. Buying sex to be made a criminal offence
We call for the purchase and attempted purchase of human beings for sex to be made a criminal offence, regardless of where in the world it takes place. We do not believe British men should be free to cause damage in other countries. As explained earlier, the aim is to change behaviour rather than to criminalise people. We recommend a maximum sentence of one year in prison.
4. The procuring, pimping and sex trafficking legislation to be strengthened
We believe that the UK’s pimping and sex trafficking legislation is not fit for purpose and we call for it to be replaced with stronger legislation that recognises procuring, pimping and sex trafficking as the human rights abuses that they are and for penalties that reflect this. The policing of these crimes must be fully resourced and prioritised.
5. All the factors that drive people into prostitution to be addressed
We do not accept prostitution as the answer for the poor and disadvantaged, for recent migrants, for single mothers, for women and children. Or indeed for anyone.We therefore call for a fairer and more equal society with a guaranteed minimum income for all, the elimination of the pay gap between women and men, better resources and support for parents and “looked after” children, an end to student fees and zero-hour contracts, and the tackling of all the other factors that trap people in poverty.
6. A holistic approach
Public information campaign
To be effective, the Nordic Model must be accompanied by a widespread public information campaign (like the one that accompanied the change in the smoking laws).
Education programmes in schools
That explain honestly the damage that prostitution causes.Training for police and others
Experience in other countries has shown that for the Nordic Model to be effective, it needs to be accompanied by in-depth training for the police, judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and frontline workers in education, social services, local government, the NHS, etc.The law to be prioritised and coordinated nationally
For the Nordic Model approach to be effective, it needs to be prioritised and implemented consistently across the country, otherwise pimps and punters will simply move to areas where it is not enforced. Similarly services for those who are prostituted must be coordinated nationally and not be left to the localism agenda.
We do not accept that women and children should ever be for sale.”
But anyway, to actually answer the question of how to help women who are currently in sex work, may I present to you
The Nordic Model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“
1. The full decriminalisation of those who are prostituted
The evidence suggests that the majority of women and children enter prostitution as a result of childhood abuse, poverty and misfortune, grooming, coercion, and/or betrayal, rather than as a free choice between a number of viable options. And the evidence is clear that prostitution is inherently violent and damages those in it and that getting out of it is much harder than getting into it. And a criminal record makes getting out even harder.We therefore call for the repeal of all the laws that target those who are prostituted and the clearing of their criminal records of any previous convictions for offences related to their own prostitution
.2. High-quality services for those in prostitution
We call for ring-fenced funding for high-quality services for those in prostitution. These must be non-judgemental and cover harm reduction as well as exiting support, including housing, legal advice, addiction services, long-term emotional and psychological support, education and training, and childcare.Because punters are almost entirely men, services for women should be female-only and services for men and transgendered people should be separate.
3. Buying sex to be made a criminal offence
We call for the purchase and attempted purchase of human beings for sex to be made a criminal offence, regardless of where in the world it takes place. We do not believe British men should be free to cause damage in other countries. As explained earlier, the aim is to change behaviour rather than to criminalise people. We recommend a maximum sentence of one year in prison.
4. The procuring, pimping and sex trafficking legislation to be strengthened
We believe that the UK’s pimping and sex trafficking legislation is not fit for purpose and we call for it to be replaced with stronger legislation that recognises procuring, pimping and sex trafficking as the human rights abuses that they are and for penalties that reflect this. The policing of these crimes must be fully resourced and prioritised.
5. All the factors that drive people into prostitution to be addressed
We do not accept prostitution as the answer for the poor and disadvantaged, for recent migrants, for single mothers, for women and children. Or indeed for anyone.We therefore call for a fairer and more equal society with a guaranteed minimum income for all, the elimination of the pay gap between women and men, better resources and support for parents and “looked after” children, an end to student fees and zero-hour contracts, and the tackling of all the other factors that trap people in poverty.
6. A holistic approach
Public information campaign
To be effective, the Nordic Model must be accompanied by a widespread public information campaign (like the one that accompanied the change in the smoking laws).
Education programmes in schools
That explain honestly the damage that prostitution causes.Training for police and others
Experience in other countries has shown that for the Nordic Model to be effective, it needs to be accompanied by in-depth training for the police, judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and frontline workers in education, social services, local government, the NHS, etc.The law to be prioritised and coordinated nationally
For the Nordic Model approach to be effective, it needs to be prioritised and implemented consistently across the country, otherwise pimps and punters will simply move to areas where it is not enforced. Similarly services for those who are prostituted must be coordinated nationally and not be left to the localism agenda.
We do not accept that women and children should ever be for sale.”
Celtyradfem 