Fitzgerald said it herself last year -- ''this is about sending a message that it isn't acceptable to buy girls.'' And there you have the stupidity of this legislation in one handy sentence. Nothing...
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Fitzgerald said it herself last year -- ''this is about sending a message that it isn't acceptable to buy girls.'' And there you have the stupidity of this legislation in one handy sentence. Nothing...
No! And furthermore no....
Client criminalisation has nothing to do with trafficking. It was introduced in Sweden as a feminist issue, in Canada last year as a self confessed attempt to stamp out prostitution and here in the...
This is a huge slap in the face for sex work haters worldwide, but particularly here, with the historic vote being taken in Dublin itself. This decision is based on years of research and consultation...
At least this money is going to a good cause. 10% of Sarah Benson's salary to be precise. It won't dent her expense account though.
Chris if you want to PM me I can give you a few pointers.
No legislation should be passed without lobbyist figures being fully verified. This and so many other TORL 'facts' are simply fantasy stats with no basis in reality.
The numbers thrown around...
Is there a clause banning one night stands as well? Is having casual sex with a drunk partner more acceptable than paying for sex with a sober one?
Sounds like your friend's work have a...
As we know, those caring folk in TORL and Ruhama read these boards and no doubt they will now be pressuring Frances Fitzgerald to decriminalise sex workers working together. That should not only...
The hierarchy certainly hasn't won this battle and it's easy to see why. Prohibition doesn't work. Look at the USA where (aside from part of Nevada) it's been illegal to buy sex for well over a...
Lady Kate's breasts are absolutely world class :D
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Unfortunately not. Religionists tend to use their belief system as a means to an end -- in the cases of sex work and gay issues for instance, the prejudice is already there -- the dogma...
From the 'antis' viewpoint, the end justifies the means. If only one person has been coercively trafficked in the last decade, that makes it OK to pretend the problem is huge, as the resultant...
In the North at least, the political force driving this was basically religious zealotry. Coercive sex trafficking barely exists in NI, something the likes of the DUP are well aware of, but are happy...
The 'haters' are a bizarre mix of religionists, opportunistic NGOs, naive do-gooders and a relatively small but noisy brand of feminism.
All are wrong -- the biblical Jesus had more time and...
This law is currently only in place in Northern Ireland. It doesn't apply to the South or to anywhere else in the UK and was recently rejected by both Westminster and the Scottish Assembly. Despite...
A great thread title. Laura is inspirational and fights for what she believes in, which is quite simply the safety and rights of sex workers.
She has taken a shedload of shit from those opposed to...
There's also a very good opinion piece by Newton Emerson in yesterday's Sunday Times, showing how the DUP's moral crusade was dressed up as a bogus human trafficking issue.
Quote: ''If Morrow...
Groundhog day for those of us who assumed it was illegal on our first visit.
You're certainly full of yourself I'll give you that. No-one responded to your 'points' on this thread because they were irrelevant to the topic and I was personally embarrassed for you.
No need...
Magdalene nuns claiming public funding to care for 'fallen women', while claiming they've no money to compensate the thousands they abused last time.
Homophobic statements from elected...
I think we're all hoping he can reduce last year's number of trafficking cases for prostitution in NI. Repeat after me: ''not a moral crusade.''
What's ridiculous about asking you to explain your own statement?
''It's very curious that your posting style is so similar to a well know escort''
Perhaps you can explain your thinking here?
Quite possibly, though had the result been the other way round, it's a fair bet TORL would have been trumpeting this to every media outlet in the land.