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janterry

(4,429 posts) Tue May 4, 2021, 06:33 PM May 2021

My work as a prostitute led me to oppose decriminalisation

For most of her life in prostitution in New Zealand, Sabrinna Valisce campaigned for decriminalisation of the sex trade. But when it actually happened she changed her mind and now argues that men who use prostitutes should be prosecuted. Julie Bindel tells her story.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-41349301

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My work as a prostitute led me to oppose decriminalisation (Original Post) janterry May 2021 OP

Seems she is not so much against decriminalization as much as to just how it has been... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #1

TreasonousBastard

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1. Seems she is not so much against decriminalization as much as to just how it has been...

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Wed May 5, 2021, 05:58 AM

May 2021

decriminalized. The legal brothels are no different than the old-style pimps.

Even with legalization, Puritan attitudes toward sex give the bad guys a leg up in the business.

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