Comments on: Craigslist Lettered by US Officials Over Adult Services – Sweden has a Lesson

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:56:21 +0000

I think leaving one side decriminalised, but not the other is never going to solve the problem.

In New Zealand, buying and selling are legal. Prostitutes can (and have) sue customers who don’t pay (including one high profile case of a policeman exploiting a prostitute), or brothels who are making them work in unsafe conditions. Prostitutes can report incidences of suspected trafficking without putting themselves at risk of prosecution. It doesn’t solve everything, but follow-up studies 8 years on show that there’s less danger in the profession with both sides legalised (follow up research: http://tinyurl.com/2vz2c3w).

By: The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:30:38 +0000

In Canada, the progression of laws knocked down over the years through Charter challenges and the like has resulted in something of the opposite situation. The selling of sex (in the appropriate circumstances) is legal and it is the buying of sex that is treated as illegal. You can see the result in the ways sex workers now handle their trade in the numerous popular magazines and newspapers.

Viva society and the marketplace working to resolve these issues on their own and the state staying out of the bedrooms of the nation in return.

By: David

David — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:02:54 +0000

Actually it’s not that very stunning for someone from Sweden. The law is quite old by now and the fact that it isn’t working has more or less been an issue since it was legislated. It’s sort of a fiasco, and it’s not getting fixed because politicians simple don’t seem to be willing to “get their hands dirty”.