SEX WORK

Those in power in France have decided that it is time to make paying for sex against the law. The theory is that they are making it totally legal for you to sell sex, but those clients buying sex are now doing something illegal, facing hefty fines and criminal charges. All in the name of eradicating prostitution.

The Universities of Leeds & Strathclyde have researchers keen to conduct sex work research to find out what internet based sex work is like. They hope that the survey will help to inform policy for the future, and so they are keen to get experienced sex workers involved. Want to know more? Read on.

Brothels have a pretty poor reputation in the media. Whenever you hear about them, it is so that the newspapers can cheer that yet another one has been shut down. They are always thought to be home to women forced to work in this life, who have been trafficked in from other countries and forced to sell their bodies and souls to make a little bit of money that will then be taken from them. It’s all very doom and gloom and we rarely hear about the positives of working in a brothel.

Over the years there have been many different methods to try and put an end to sex work completely, and yet despite all of this the world’s oldest profession is still going strong. Since the attacks on the sex workers themselves haven’t made a difference to the industry, people are instead deciding that we need to do is instead focus on the clients of sex workers and stop them from seeing them. After all, if you get rid of the demand, the supply goes too… right?

The fight for the decriminalisation of sex work is spreading throughout the world. After the decision by Amnesty International decision to push for the move, sex worker from all over the world are calling for a more relaxed attitude towards the industry.

A Boston pimp who ran a American national sex trade organisation has pleaded guilty to knifing a rival after they fell out over the sale of a sex worker from one to another.

Ever since the decision by Amnesty International to push for the decriminalisation of sex work, the whole debate on the future of the industry has really hit the mainstream. Where once the conversation was purely the realm of those with a natural interest in the future of sex work, today it seems that everyone has an opinion. This of course is a good thing and should be something everyone should be thinking about as it affects us as a society.

In the wake of the Amnesty International decision to push for full decriminalisation of the sex industry, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has invited the organisation to study its prostitution laws.

Anyone who has been keeping up with the news over the last week will realise that A) England have just won the Ashes (get in!) and B) Amnesty International have decided to push for the decriminalisation of sex work (get in!) This is a great move as it will mean the day that sex workers are safer whilst participating in their line of work will get closer.

A report from the Institute for Economic Affairs has stated that prostitutions should be fully decriminalised as attempts to control the sex trade have proven ineffective and a waste of money.