I wanted to let you know that at http://www.OnTheIssuesMagazine.com the current free edition features the Feminist Debate over Prostitution.

hexy, I could say that the difference between commercial and non-commercial is public vs private and that commercial workers encounter a wider range of people.

Some do, some don’t. It ties into that whole “not a monolith” thing… and there are some extremely promiscuous “amateurs” out there!

But having seen the feedback here, particularly from those actually in the industry such as yourself that requirements for health checks are unnecessary and unethical I find have to agree with you and others (such as alicepaul).

Good on you! It’s far too rare for people to take the approach that we know what we’re talking about :) I really appreciate your attitude.

Far better to encourage and make it easier for sexworkers to access that health care as needed.

Absolutely. Sex workers are more likely to access services if they are free and available, and don’t require outing yourself to use. This is especially significant for the most marginalised workers: if they need to register to get the free health checks, they’ll work off the grid and avoid the health services.

The best way to look for this information is to look on the European government websites for their reports. The European commission is a good place to start.

Be careful with your search terms don’t use phrases like” sex trafficking” as you will not get the nonsex reports if you do that you need to use terms like THB (Trafficked Human Beings).

Just remember this if two young women coming to work in a Brothel in London get turned back at the airport it makes the papers (sometimes) if 60 men coming to work in the south wales fishing get intercepted it never makes the papers. If those 60 men die while being trafficked it might make the papers!

In other words nonsex trafficked people tend to have to die or they never make the papers hence they tend to be invisible is it is the sex trafficked people who get the newspaper space.

Sb

Okey dokey. Thanks.

Can you provide any sort of evidence to support this? Given that so many trafficking victims are never found, or their captors caught and convicted, I have difficulty believing anyone has any real idea what percentage of trafficking victims are being turned into sex slaves.

Fud, Urban Myth, complete rubbish, doesn’t pass the sniff test:Snopes