I concur with Vorlon's thoughts on the matter.
Of course the model is candy coated, but like
a particular hard shelled candy marketed here, The model is candy coated on the outside, but still bullshit on the inside.
Or at least it might be funny if these people weren't so serious. This strategy is already spreading; expect to hear more about it in this country in the near future. I would also take this article with a big grain of salt as I suspect that the studies they chose to talk about were carefully picked to support the view the authors wish to promote.
Not arresting women involved in prostitution is a no-brainer and I suspect there are few of us here who haven't believed that for some time. And if such laws were focused on helping women being forced into prostitution and underage girls or anyone who is simply looking for alternatives (i.e. women who do this because they feel they have no choice) then it would be a very good thing. Focus on the people, both men and women, who truly victimize women. It is a terrible thing to do and those who do it should be severely punished as I say it is a form of slavery.
But the terrible flaw in the Swedish mode is its refusal to allow for the possibility that women can freely make the decision to be sex workers of one form or another. This model says that such women are still victims of the men that come to see them. That is utter B.S
I concur with Vorlon's thoughts on the matter.
Of course the model is candy coated, but like
a particular hard shelled candy marketed here, The model is candy coated on the outside, but still bullshit on the inside.
womensjustice.com. Not exactly an unbiased source.
http://justicewomen.com/cj_sweden.html
Buzzfeed.com has a more balanced article here:
Particularly telling is this passage:
But even the law’s supporters acknowledge that drops in street prostitution, which countries without similar legislation have also seen, are more likely related to the advent of the internet, where it’s easier than ever to offer or find sexual services, than to the power of the Nordic model.
As for men buying sex, the government evaluation raised more questions than answers. Were fewer men actually buying sex in Sweden thanks to the law, or were fewer men admitting to being johns — and thereby outing themselves as criminals in a government inquiry?
Sweden’s national criminal statistics paint a less positive picture than the government evaluation. The number of sex buyers has been going up since 2008 — increasing from 187 in 2008 and hitting a peak of 1,251 in 2010 before falling again, in 2012 and 2013, to around 550.
But were more men buying sex in spite of the law — or were more men getting caught buying sex?
Kajsa Wahlberg, the national rapporteur on human trafficking, said the rise in buyer numbers came after the government increased funding to target traffickers, and the prostitution enforcement arm of the police benefited from some of that money. That funding ended in 2011, and the numbers have again hit “normal” levels for sex-buying, she said.
But these wild variations make it difficult to know with confidence what the real number of men buying sex may be. In fact, on almost all fronts, “it’s very hard to tell” how well the law is working, said Kristina Ljungros, of the Swedish Association for Sexual Education (RFSU). “We don’t have enough evidence.