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Re:The Rise and Fall of RedBook by detcader on Friday March 06, 2015 @03:01AM (#9156073)
There is a thing called the Nordic Model, which is a third option.
Re:The Rise and Fall of RedBook by makomk on Friday March 06, 2015 @06:50AM (#9156603)
The Swedish/Nordic Model just means that women in the industry aren't directly criminalised for having sex for money (so long as they have the legal right to work in the country). It still makes it illegal for women to take safety measures like hiring a bouncer or driver to protect them from violent clients, or working together with another woman for the same reason. It also makes it a criminal offence to knowingly rent a flat to a prostitute. It's almost exactly the opposite of harm reduction - it makes it legal to sell sex, but only in ways that are high risk. Hell, I've seen activists in the UK who see this as a positive, because the added danger will encourage women to leave the industry.
Re:The Rise and Fall of RedBook by detcader on Friday March 06, 2015 @02:55PM (#9159188)
You leave out the Nordic model's compontent of social programs that give women all the means to exit the industry. Why would one leave this out...?