Report finds 90% of sex workers want to leave trade

[janterry]

but resources are not there to help them

(From Ireland)

An interim review, charting the implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 which changed the law to decriminalise the act of selling sex while criminalising the buyer, found that poverty, homelessness and insecure housing, coercion (by pimps, traffickers or partners), lack of education, psychological trauma, isolation and immigration status keep people trapped in the sex trade.

Additional resources were supposed to accompany the new legislation which would allow vital specialist services like the Women’s Health Service (WHS), Ruhama and other NGOs to support those in prostitution, help them plan new futures and leave it for good.

However, although those extra resources were promised, they were not delivered, leaving both State and NGO services struggling to meet needs, the report found.

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Research also shows that 87% - 97% of those involved in prostitution are migrant women aged between 18-58, with fears that girls as young as 16 years could be involved.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30978567.html

[LizBeth]

1. Of course but we like to pretend it is no more than working as a secretary,

the women and girls are empowered, they like it. Makes us feel better as the services are used.

[janterry]

2. I saw a quote the other day where an

ex-prostitute replied to those who want to defend the practice by saying it's better than flipping hamburgers - she said, but at least at mcdonalds you aren't the meat.

[LizBeth]

3. Right. A whole lot of stupid to accommodate mostly male want and so many

women back it. Which we see in all ways sexist, misogynist and patriarchal. Give me a prostitute and I will show you her pain. Regardless what story she needs to tell self in order to survive.