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It is in some parts of Nevada
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should prostitution be legal?
- Thread starter Riders
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That would be sexual assault. It can be prosecuted regardless of whether prostitution is legal.
(Though with prostitution legal, it's more likely that a sex worker would go to the police in a case like that)
And in all of Canada.
Heyo
Veteran Member
Especially trafficking.
The argument that the prostitutes are legally better protected when prostitution is legal doesn't work here. The girls are still illegal immigrants and can be send back. So they will not seek legal protection and (often willfully) keep their illegal status and the association with their criminal pimps.
We Never Know
No Slack
What does this mean? If one is selling it doesn't the other have to pay for(purchase) it?
"The selling of sex in Canada is legal, but the purchasing of sex is illegal in all circumstances"
Legalities of the Sex Trade Industry
It's the same in some other countries - those trying to purchase sex are prosecuted but those selling aren't. A bit unfair perhaps.What does this mean? If one is selling it doesn't the other have to pay for(purchase) it?
"The selling of sex in Canada is legal, but the purchasing of sex is illegal in all circumstances"
Legalities of the Sex Trade Industry
www.edmontonpolice.ca
What does this mean? If one is selling it doesn't the other have to pay for(purchase) it?
"The selling of sex in Canada is legal, but the purchasing of sex is illegal in all circumstances"
Legalities of the Sex Trade Industry
I have no idea what's up with that website.
The info may just be out of date. A lot of the prohibitions for activities around prostitution got struck down by the courts several years ago.
In any case, legal brothels exist all over Canada (though their locations are regulated by zoning bylaws and the like, just like any other class of business). Escort services operate openly and legally as well.
It's the same in some other countries - those trying to purchase sex are prosecuted but those selling aren't. A bit unfair perhaps.
Again: that's not the reality in Canada right now. I suspect that web page may be out of date.
It's the same in some other countries - those trying to purchase sex are prosecuted but those selling aren't. A bit unfair perhaps.
Here, no.
Neither prostitutes nor their clients are prosecuted...because it's not a crime.
Especially if it's done in a house...where nobody can see. On the street it can be public indecency.
Exploitation of prostitution is a crime, though.
We Never Know
No Slack
Says similar here....
"Current laws passed by the Parliament of Canada in 2014 make it illegal to purchase or advertise sexual services and illegal to live on the material benefits from sex work. The law officially enacted criminal penalties for "Purchasing sexual services and communicating in any place for that purpose"
"It is the first time in Canadian history that the exchange of sexual services for money is made illegal. The Canadian Department of Justice claims that the new legal framework "reflects a significant paradigm shift away from the treatment of prostitution as 'nuisance', as found by the Supreme Court of Canada in Bedford, toward treatment of prostitution as a form of sexual exploitation".[2] Many sex workers' rights organizations, however, argue that the new law entrenches and maintains harm against sex workers since sex workers are still committing a crime, albeit there is an immunity from arrest for material benefits and advertising."
Prostitution in Canada - Wikipedia
I was thinking more about some of the Scandinavian countries:
Nordic model approach to prostitution - Wikipedia
We Never Know
No Slack
I've seen some real cop shows where a female cop goes undercover as a prostitute and then they arrest the guys that try to pick her up with the intent of exchanging money for sex.It's the same in some other countries - those trying to purchase sex are prosecuted but those selling aren't. A bit unfair perhaps.
IMO that's pure entrapment
The Nordic countries seem to have prioritised the welfare of sex workers over those seeking their services, and perhaps they are right, given it generally is these who suffer most from this industry.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
TV shows are never your best examples of reality. But I have seen in my state where closed massage parlors are reopened by the police with women acting as "mass3euses". From my understanding the male customers have to initiate the offer. So if you ever go to such an establishment and you are paranoid just allow them to make the first move and you are golden.
In other states I have heard of them going a bit further. They will at times place an ad in the various personals for "escorts". When the guy shows up and pull out his money he is toast. Now that one seems to be getting awfully close to that line of entrapment to me. They ae actively luring johns rather than waiting for them to come to them.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Yes, I could not think of the crime. The problem is that if someone is engaged in an illegal activity it greatly reduces the odds of someone reporting that someone did that to them. If prostitution is decriminalized or legalized a victim could have a DNA swab taken and that could be used as evidence to catch the male. It would of course help if the victim specified that condoms must be worn during the act.
We Never Know
No Slack
Did you miss the "real" in my post.
Undercover cops, Cops, Live PD, etc supposedly are real.
Undercover prostitution sting operation where female cops act as prostitutes and arrest the guys picking her up.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I did. I missed that, but it also appears that your description of events may not be accurate. But even that has to be taken with a grain of salt. I am watching it now. It appears that they are waiting for the male to make the first move. Again, not entrapment.
EDIT: The second guy was not taken in for prostitution. He did not make an offer. He exposed himself to her so that is a "lewd act".
I support both independetly.
Alien826
No religious beliefs
That's weird. It says the objective is to reduce prostitution. That would be like attempting to reduce car accidents by making selling cars legal but punishing people who buy them.What does this mean? If one is selling it doesn't the other have to pay for(purchase) it?
"The selling of sex in Canada is legal, but the purchasing of sex is illegal in all circumstances"
Legalities of the Sex Trade Industry
We Never Know
No Slack
That's just one video. There are many. Btw, none of the guys are arrested for prositution, they are arrested for solicitation