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A Feminist Debate on Sex Work

The Soho Forum Debates

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Is Prostitution Increasing Violence Against Women?

There is no concrete evidence that shows de criminalizin prostitution is actually increasing violence against women. In new zealand, it's interesting because violence against women in the brothels has been reframed as an employment issue now. There should be provision for women, including safe housing and if they choose to leave the sex trade, then those provisions are provided by the state on her terms. Exiting strategies should be available. But nobody should be in a position where if their income stops, income that has been provided through abuse and harm, that means that we just say, carry on with the abuse and harm.

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