Department of Justice NI

[Meursault]

wrong.
public are indifferent
just pressure group talking about a taboo area

public opinion matters highly when it comes to voting time. FG are giving a bonus to welfare recipients. its an election gimmick......its hard to determine public opinion but a good gauge is what the papers write about as in they only write what the people want to read. IMO if you gave the general public a choice they would prefer the swedish model.....

i remember the fury about the prostitutes in limerick city. now they were street prostitutes, but the public didnt like them.

this isnt my opinion. my opinion would be legalize it completely and tax it and better regulate in full view. im just trying to gauge how the public thinks....and i dont think they are as liberal as i am

[Meursault]

So if this bill becomes law making it illegal for men to pay for sex there will not be many men,especially married men willing to risk being arrested and named and shamed in court and the media,and what will the neighbours think!!! from the escorts point of view there is bound to be a downturn in their business so many girls may decide not to visit Northern Ireland,it will be intresting to see what happens next week.

i can guarantee that if it gets put in NI, it will get put in ireland.....

[annabel taylor]

thats the futility of existence. nobody cares about anything in life. Can you remember the criminal that walked out of the four courts a month ago? No.....because we are too busy living our own lives....

my point is that to the escorts and the clients they will say that the swedish model is bad......but to those who are not escorts and not clients (majority) who have no interest in the sex work, you ask them how do they feel about prostitution as in make a vote. they would vote in favour of the swedish model. This in turn puts pressure on those making the rules.

i would actually say that it would be the female part of the majority that is putting pressure on the government. Ireland now with the high standard of living has more females than ever before in professional jobs and they dislike escorting/prostitutes. The professional man and woman have an ideal method of living and it involves marriage, work, family and a holiday in the sun once a year.

I'd advise reading comment sections elsewhere, alot say legalise it,

No political parties will ever touch that like abortion upsets the older vote

[Meursault]

I'd advise reading comment sections elsewhere, alot say legalise it,

No political parties will ever touch that like abortion upsets the older vote

annabell im saying legalize it. legalize it, regulate it and tax it......

but i am trying to gauge how the general public feel about and IMO they are leaning towards criminalization.....this is the feeling i get

[Meursault]

the thing is criminalization wont make it go away.....it will just go under the radar like probation.....where there is demand, supply will be found

[JAMESCORK]

I'd advise reading comment sections elsewhere, alot say legalise it,

No political parties will ever touch that like abortion upsets the older vote

Most that post on those boards are those that have an interest in this in the first place and not a comfortable representation of the public at large. I fear Meursault talks sense....

[Niceguywithneeds]

It is broadly similar in both jurisdictions.

The simple answer is no and no. After 15 years of criminalisation, Sweden still has over 1000 sex workers in a country not much larger than Ireland. Clients are still very much active. Working conditions for sex workers have deteriorated considerably though and human trafficking is actually increasing. This law if introduced will solve nothing but it will ensure longterm funding for NGOs and make life more difficult for sex workers.

Sweden has a population of nearly 10 million. It's twice that of Ireland's.

[Niceguywithneeds]

I'll save a fortune in Coppers if it's illegal to pay for sex.

[Jiberjabber]

Afraid to read,

Will do so later!!!!!!

Do it man, you'll feel better for it.

[Meursault]

I'll save a fortune in Coppers if it's illegal to pay for sex.

thats the irony or if you pay someone for sex and video them it becomes porn.......thats probably the way around, just pretend you are making a porn video.....they cant prosecute that can they?