New law could criminalise men for buying sex

[An don]

Echo echo echooooo

[OnlyMe]

They are making it illegal to be a buysexual.

[69patrick69]

link:https://www.escort-ireland.com/board...uying-sex.html

[jessie]

Old news. They are concidering this long time already.
Iceland, Sweden, Norway etc is like that already and with succes.
Probably after a few years it would come here as well.

Jessie

[69patrick69]

you are paying for her time and companionship only.
Anything else that occurs is a matter of coincidence and choice between consenting adults.

[carlos marvado]

Dermot Ahern wont be there after March to see any such law go through.

That's right......he'll be sitting at home in Co. Louth watching the tailback of cars as southern punters head north of the border.......be sure to open your window and wave all that money that the Irish economy is loosing at him.

I think such a law could have any number of effects:

Drive escorting further into the shadows and into the hands of shadowy figures.
Reduce the number of punts/spend in ROI.
Force prices down further.
Cause an outflow of escorts/stop many coming here.
Increase the number of foreign punting trips.

[JAMESCORK]

you are paying for her time and companionship only.
Anything else that occurs is a matter of coincidence and choice between consenting adults.

I wonder how long more that statement will stand up in court...

[OnlyMe]

I still don't get how they can prove you paid for anything.
If both parties say no money changed hands

[ladiesman217]

I just "love" how this legislation concentrates on trafficked girls working in the sex industry. There's not a word on those who are doing it of their own free will, not being forced into it in any way whatsoever. I know this legislation focuses on criminalising the clients, but most likely all independent escorts here will be hit hard due to this. I don't know how escorting is gonna be tied into this legislation (assuming it goes through of course), since we pay for time and companionship only, not sex.

The main reason I go to escorts (very infrequently as it may be: once/twice a year) is for the companionship. I've always been timid about asking girls out, etc, but having spent time with a few escorts now it's almost upped my confidence a bit. Now I get why this legislation is being talked about, the whole human trafficking which is completely disgusting. But as I said, for those independent people who do this on their own free will, why criminalise clients for going to see them?

[vampirejackie]

I have merged the two threads on this topic