Background
Prostitution in Australia is administered
Melbourne University Law Review Association, Melbourne Journal of International Law; Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 3rd Ed. (2010)…
Historically, although prostitution has been viewed as a threat to the moral order and a danger to public health, the state has tended to legislate for the regulation of prostitution, rather than introducing measures focused…
In the 21st century, the profession of prostitution has been a target of great controversy as far as the ethical and moral issues are concerned. Prostitution is one of the oldest professions of this world and the critical debate with regard to the moral and ethical values of this profession are not a surprise for anyone. “Prostitution can be defined as “The act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money,” and is usually provided as an underground service” (LaBossiere). A comprehensive majority of the world’s population believes that prostitution is an immoral and unethical profession and it is also considered to be an illegal practice in most parts of the world. However, the profession has only grown dramatically over the past few decades and many…
In the Netherlands, the historical decriminalization process of prostitution was founded on public health standards, but it soon provided more protections and regulations for prostitutes as a means of decriminalizing a commercial enterprise. In many cases, prostitution has been seen as a voluntary profession that protects the rights of the prostitute, and prevents the involuntary exploitation of children and adults into the sex trade. In a similar manner, Canada has also had a history of decriminalizing prostitution in the 20th century, but with increasing barriers to worker’s rights for voluntary prostitutes as a legal and regulated business. However, modern Canadian legislation only protects involuntary sex workers, such as children and lower-class adult women, and it does not support the idea of a more expanded commercialized system of regulation for voluntary sex workers. This is a major difference between the decriminalized sex trade of the Netherlands and criminalized prostitution in Canada, which supports voluntary sex workers as members of a commercial trade. Certainly, the example of the Netherlands provides a more developed acknowledgment of voluntary sex workers as having rights under the protection of government regulation, which is also being considered in Canada.…
Early 20th Century Vancouver was home to 40 female-run brothels , and police were concerned with eliminating street prostitution . This signified a control and toleration of sex work. Following the 1940’s, society viewed prostitutes as disease spreaders, causing sex workers to be removed from brothels, forced off the streets, fined, charged as criminals, and occasionally jailed . The closure of brothels continued rapidly in to the 1980’s . The perspective shift from society regarding prostitution caused a large shift in the momentum of prostitution. Women were forced on to the streets, with no place to go; their livelihoods were removed from them, and they were not only open public harassment, but to preying men and sexual predators due to the fact they were forced to take their previously safe work to the streets. According to today’s society, because one does not fit into a specific career class, they are not worthy of basic human rights. It is a completely inaccurate presumption that most people believe that prostitutes choose these lives, and so it is not their concern to attempt to help these…
Erin Fuchs, research (2013) finds that decriminalizing prostitution reduces violence, creates a healthier work environment, and could also create another form of revenue. Cathy Reisenwitz (2014) discusses how criminalizing sex workers in the United States increase violence against workers while comparing other countries like New Zealand that have decriminalized sex work, abuse, and health risk has decreased. From a feminist perspective woman who participates in sex work should always do it voluntarily. Decriminalizing sex work will ensure safety for the workers, knowing that if they report abuse it will be investigated and that person will be brought to justice, knowing that they are not spreading decreases because they are tested monthly. Based on theory there are views that legalizing the profession will decrease crime, of beating and rape (Weitzer 2000). While also discovering the difference between sex trafficking and voluntary sex work. By identifying the fact that people view prostitution as involuntary, when trading of another person is where victimization comes…
Ryder, Bruce. "How to Fix the Prostitution Law." The Globe and Mail. Phillip Crawley, 24 July 2014. Web. 28 Oct.…
Moreover, legalization of prostitution does not promote improved health of women. A system based on the legalization of prostitution which forces women, not customers, to have medical checks and health certificates is not fair to women. The health checks are ''women only'' and have no meaning at the level of public health because they control the prostituted women and do not protect them from AIDS, since men can carry too, and at first they are the ones who convey diseases to women. The security policies in…
It is essential to understand that people, both men and women, do actively and willingly engage in sex work; the reality is, it is not going away. It is my opinion, and indeed the opinion of the Government of Canada, that some forms of sex work should be legalized.…
Human trafficking is a kind of modern-day slavery where people are taken, controlled and exploited by forced and/or threatened for other people to make money off them. You might not believe it but Australia is one the destinations that human trafficking occurs in.…
The term prostitution refers to any situation in which one person pays another for sexual satisfaction or pleasure. In recent discussion of prostitution, a controversial issue has been whether prostitution should be legal or not. Prostitution is the oldest profession existing in the world; it is rapidly growing with or without the government help. After all these year’s prostitution is still looked at as dirty or nasty, many people do not want to face the fact that prostitution exist. However, the prostitutes’ rights movement, begin in the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s. As we know during that timeframe the perspective of women viewed in society was based on gender roles. Women were to stay at home and take care of the kids and house. During…
Anti-prostitution law will imperil prostitutes and in most scenarios makes thing very difficult for them. In countries like Canada and Nevada, prostitution is not considered a crime. Nevertheless, communication and some other activities related to prostitution like human trafficking has been prohibited. Prostitutes who are Street based are the most visible and receive the most attention. This represents only a small section of the sex industry, which also incorporates brothels and escort services. Capturing to arrest and punish prostitutes mirrors our overall population's hesitation concerning sexual activities and male desire and sexual freedom. (Boels, 2015).…
Audience Motivation: By attending this presentation today you will come to realize that some of the laws and effects of prostitution are scoured and misunderstood. You will see that prostitution is not all bad like it is portrayed to be.…
Harm reduction strategies are also dangerous for those who work in the sex trade. By regulating prostitution, younger people may be more likely to engage in the sex trade, making them more vulnerable. Making prostitution and soliciting in respect to the sex trade legal will also increase the number of people who engage in these acts creating a larger population of people at risk of being violated, injured and paid unfairly. By educating people, especially children that abstinence is the only 100% safe way to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually…
Janice G. Raymond states that, “In an interview of one hundred and forty six victims of trafficking in five counties, eighty percent of the women interviewed have suffered physical violence from pimps and buyers and endured similar and multiple health effects from the violence and sexual exposure.” Many argue that legalizing prostitution will not be able to reverse the effects of these dangers (Raymond, 2004). These dangers can, and already have been improved in other parts of the world. For example Germany, New Zealand, and Nevada have already made efforts to improve the stigma against the industry. Lifes have been and are still put into danger today because of this negative industry. Although many have already been affected, by legalizing prostitution, the safety of those involved in the industry will be taken more…