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Prostitution of minors in France has risen by up 43 percent over the last four years, according to official figures published Friday. The government insists it remains committed to cracking down on exploitation networks, a decade after a landmark law made paying for sexual services a crime.
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The french president’s wife locked on him when he was a teenager (and her, his teacher). I don’t expect a pedo couple to push for any solution against the prostitution of minors. They haven’t even opened an investigation into the french side of the Epstein Files
Maybe all the sex workers that say criminzalization isn’t the answer are on to something.
Decriminalize & legalize adult sex work if you want to address child trafficking.
Is there any evidence of that or is the thought that since decriminalization generally improves conditions it would also improve the situation around child trafficking?
Cause I could see it making it more common as the barrier/risk is lowered. Doesn’t take much to make a fake ID.
I could see an argument that it might follow a similar trajectory as underage pot use, but those aren’t exactly similar situations.
The research shows being legal or not doesn’t affect the amount of activity. The only difference is when legal the workers experience less violence and safer conditions. https://www.smh.com.au/national/legal-or-not-sex-industry-powers-on-20101005-1669t.html
But since they are children, they can’t consent and this is very different. Therefore this thread’s OP is I think just hoping legal consenting adults would sway the pedos away from kids all together. But that might just be wishful thinking.
It might actually cut into the ones harassing 17 year olds though, but I don’t know it would change anything for the sickos going after younger ones
Nonces are going to nonce
Also, legalising prostitution makes protecting women from being trafficked harder
You must be from Alternative or Opposite Facts Land.
How does that make sense?
Because it’s legal. You cannot get a prostitute to safety without substantial proof that they’re being forced
It sounds like you don’t care about them and just want to “stop sin” or some crap
Strawman time! Oh boy!
How’s that?
Essentially, if police come across a brothel and the women (who are coerced) claim they are there consensually, they cannot do much. If it’s illegal, then they can actually get them to safety so they can tell them they were forced. If they weren’t, they can just drop the charges. This is basically what Northern Ireland has been doing- and the only people who have been convicted were also convicted of perpetuating human trafficking (they weren’t a victim)
Let me just point out two things.
Sex workers who work legally need to be eligible to work in the country they reside in and they are protected by workers laws.
Now think again what happens to sex workers who work in countries where it’s illegal and what leverage others have over them.
Also when sex work is illegal it’s mostly done by organised crime and and the right amount of money and leverage employed at the right spots can get the police / the state to look the other way.
Sex workers are hurt by criminalising sex work, simple as that.
Sex workers who work legally need to be eligible to work in the country they reside in and they are protected by workers laws.
That makes it even worse. If you stop engaging in prostitution, you get fired and your working visa is revoked. Also, you’re assuming all victims of human trafficking are immigrants/don’t have the right to work in the country. At least in the UK, unless if you’re a student or a tourist, if you don’t have a right to work there, you probably don’t havw a right to be there either.
Also when sex work is illegal it’s mostly done by organised crime and and the right amount of money and leverage employed at the right spots can get the police / the state to look the other way.
Maybe this applies to countries with corruption issues and lack of morals.
In most EU countries you’ll have a decent amount of time (up to 3 months) to find a new job and get a new visa.
And what if you don’t have the qualifications?
This is what happens when you take away the island but don’t jail the people.
704 in 2025 vs. 492 (my calculation) in 2021.
Miprof said the growth in recorded cases was partly linked to efforts by grassroots organisations to identify and support victims, as well as improvements in the way police handle such cases.
How do they measure this data? Do you mean “known cases of child sex trafficking raise by 43%”
They simply ask the politicians how many children they had sex with that year.
is it the case where small numbers have big changes and not something to be worried about? like if a few years ago it was like 5 cases and this year 10 (100% increase!!!).
or a genuine problem?
rule of thumb is to be skeptical about large percentage changes for rare cases.
Judging by the increase by 43%, it means at least 100 cases. Which is already too many for such a thing.
nevermind, checked the link, it’s about 600.
and honestly, it’s too much
Not really 3/7 and multiples of it, rounds to 43%, so the lower bound means at least 7 cases.
how many visits by the orange menace?
