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lundi 20 décembre 2004 Sweden Treating Prostitution as Violence Against Women
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Sweden’s Prostitution Solution : Why Hasn’t Anyone Tried This Before ?
In a centuries deep sea of clichés despairing that ’prostitution will always In addition, the number of foreign women now being trafficked into Sweden By what complex formula has Sweden managed this feat ? Amazingly, Sweden’s Sweden’s Groundbreaking 1999 Legislation In 1999, after years of research and study, Sweden passed legislation that "In Sweden prostitution is regarded as an aspect of male violence against In addition to the two-pronged legal strategy, a third and essential element An Early Obstacle in the Path Interestingly, despite the country’s extensive planning prior to passing the But eminently secure in the thinking behind their plan, the Swedes paid no Today, not only do the Swedish people continue to overwhelming support their The Failure of Legalization and/or Regulation Strategies This Swedish experiment is the single, solitary example in a significant But the outcomes, as revealed in the Univ. of London study, in the states Legalization and/or regulation of prostitution, according to the study, led – A dramatic increase in all facets of the sex industry,
In the state of Victoria, Australia, where a system of legalized, regulated A survey of legal prostitutes under the showcase Netherlands legalization So Why Hasn’t Anyone Tried This Before ? Why, then, with Sweden’s success so clearly lighting the way, aren’t others In order to see prostitutes as victims of male coercion and violence it Sweden, in contrast, has led the way in promoting equality for women for a Sweden’s prostitution policy was first designed and lobbied for by Sweden’s And Why Can’t We Copy Sweden’s Success Here ? While it’s probably true that we and other countries are still much more * The full Scottish government report on prostitution policies can be seen – Feel free to photocopy and distribute this information as long as you keep Copyright © Marie De Santis, Women’s Justice Center All rights reserved © 2000 by Woman’s Justice Center Web site by S. Henry Wild |