IRELAND ADOPTS THE NORDIC MODEL OF PROSTITUTION! — Purchase of sex to be criminalised under new law

GOOD NEWS from Ireland! They’re adopting the Nordic Model for prostitution of criminalizing only the sex buyers — while decriminalizing the prostituted women. Yay team! 🙂

“The Immigrant Council of Ireland has welcomed the move, which it said was an important first step in “wrecking the business model” that had allowed pimps and traffickers to profit from exploiting women.

The Council has been lobbying heavily for changes in the legislation for quite some time, highlighting the high number of women who have been trafficked into the trade, as well as violence, criminal and sexual assaults, and exploitation that are commonplace.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/purchase-of-sex-to-be-criminalised-under-new-law-1.2014953

Let’s hope that this new legislation and the similar new legislation in Canada lead many more countries to JUST SAY NO TO PROSTITUTION!

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GREAT NEWS! – Buying sex is now illegal in Canada for the 1st time! Women selling sex is decriminalized

Yay! Prostitution is now illegal in Canada! Plus there’s a new focus on DEMAND — through prosecuting pimps and johns — and on helping women exit the sex trade and transition to better lives. See basic details below, and the full press release covering all points at the link.

“The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act is a “made-in-Canada” model, which directly targets the demand for this dangerous activity. The Act would introduce tough action to crack down on pimps and johns. For the first time, the purchase of sexual services would be criminalized, with tough penalties for those who exploit others through prostitution. The proposed legislation would also protect and safeguard our communities-in particular women, children, and those who are at risk of being drawn into prostitution-from the dangers associated with prostitution, including violence, drug-related crime, and organized crime.

“This model involves a significant overhaul of the Criminal Code’s treatment of prostitution and related activities. It would:

— Criminalize those who fuel the demand for prostitution, i.e. purchasers of sexual services;

— Continue to criminalize those who financially benefit from the exploitation of others through prostitution, such as pimps, and those who procure others for the purpose of prostitution;

— Prohibit advertising for the sale of others’ sexual services in print or online;

— Immunize those who sell their own sexual services from criminal liability for any part they play in the purchasing, material benefit, procuring or advertising offences;
Protect our communities by criminalizing communicating for the purpose of selling sexual services in public places where a child could reasonably be expected to be present;

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— Increase existing penalties relating to child prostitution.
“These measures will be supported by $20 million in new funding, including to support grassroots organizations dealing with the most vulnerable. Assistance will be provided to those who want to leave this dangerous and harmful activity; therefore, there will be an emphasis on funding programs that can help individuals exit prostitution.”

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/statement-minister-justice-regarding-legislation-response-supreme-court-canada-ruling-1917491.htm

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NOTE: We acknowledge that this is not the same or as ideal as the full Nordic Model that abolitionists were hoping and working for, but it is still a HUGE improvement from previous laws, and an even greater leap from what pro-sex industry people were going for. So we consider this to be a significant success and an enormous step in the right direction. Go Canada! 🙂

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This Guy Hunts Down The Men Behind Revenge Porn Websites: Adam Steinbaugh (@AdamSteinbaugh)

Here is an Interesting article about one good man named Adam Steinbaugh (@AdamSteinbaugh) who’s doing everything he can to hold revenge porn profiteers accountable. Hopefully he will inspire others to step up and just SAY NO to ALL types of porn!

“I was really pissed off at what was being done to these men and women and wanted to do something about it,” says Steinbaugh, 31. Once exposed, the men are subject to public shaming. Sometimes people will take sites down when they get wind Steinbaugh is going to expose them. Others lash out at him. “I get death threats and threatened with lawsuits,” he says. He hasn’t been sued yet but those he has exposed have.”

READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE AT THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/04/23/this-guy-hunts-down-the-men-behind-revenge-porn-websites/

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PORN FUELS RAPE CULTURE & HUMAN TRAFFICKING – Must-read Articles & Must-Watch Videos

How PORN Fuels RAPE CULTURE & HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Important & powerful new articles & videos via @PornFuelsRape. Please check them out & like, comment and share! Thanks! 🙂

“Pornography fuels the rape culture. Pornography is now a massive industry that provides a depraved buffet of rape, sadism, verbal abuse, sexual humiliation, and other sexual violence to the millions of men and women who now consume it as a matter of course. If we as a culture have decided that sexual assault is entertaining or stimulating, we can hardly be surprised when we as a culture have decided that sexual assault is trivial.”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE BY JONATHON VAN MAREN BELOW, PLUS HIS FOLLOW UP ARTICLE:

http://www.antipornography.org/porn-fuels-rape-culture.html

http://www.antipornography.org/yes-porn-does-trivialize-rape.html

VIDEO: HOW PORN FUELS RAPE VIDEO (Part 1 of 2 part series) – with Jonathon Van Maren

VIDEO LINK: http://youtu.be/AxXitFmpfPg

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VIDEO: HOW PORN FUELS HUMAN TRAFFICKING (Part 2 of 2 part series) – with Daniel Gilman

VIDEO LINK: http://youtu.be/KhcjLLhwZjc

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What Kind of Porn Turns Women On? (Softcore “woman-friendly” porn? Or hardcore, created BY & FOR men?)

Here is a disturbing article that says although most women don’t watch porn, the majority of those who do don’t watch “female friendly” porn. (That shows equality and authentic female pleasure.) Apparently more porn-watching women prefer hardcore porn made for men than other porn.

“There is a real interesting phenomenon in women’s sexuality—not seen in men’s—and that is this divide between what erotica should be and what actually turns women on,” Ogas told AlterNet. “Studies show that what turns women on is different to what they wish turned them on or how they politically feel about it. There is a paradox in the brain that women have to wrestle with. Men like what they like sexually. But with women, we see political manifestos embedded in their sexuality, with just as much emphasis on whether or not we’re discriminating on any particular gender or race. Whereas, for a man that just doesn’t occur.”

http://www.alternet.org/gender/what-kind-porn-turns-women

Really? Do most women who watch porn really get turned on by porn that degrades and abuses women? Well, this could be possible, due to porn-culture saturation of young people, and desensitization over time, but still we have our doubts… What do you think? Do you believe that the conclusions in this article are correct? And what are the implications of more women watching more hardcore porn? Needless to say, we think that if this is true, it’s not a good thing!

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NEW VIDEO: What’s Wrong with Sadomasochism? Pro-Feminist Ben Barker Explains the Harms of BDSM & the Kink Scene

Please check out our new video from our SayNOtoSadomasochism YouTube channel!

What’s Wrong with Sadomasochism? Pro-Feminist Ben Barker Explains the Harms of BDSM & the Kink Scene

VIDEO LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etw8QmH23i4

INFO FROM VIDEO DESCRIPTION: (See full description at YouTube for many more helpful links.)

Check out Ben’s powerful writing & his other work at his website! http://benbarker.org/

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH BEN ON PORN HARMS:
ProFeminist Ben Barker: “I’m anti-porn because I want my sexuality to be free of violence to others”

ARTICLES BY BEN ON PORN, SADOMASOCHISM HARMS & RELATED ISSUES:

Left of Porn

http://dgrnewsservice.org/2014/01/01/beautiful-justice-left-of-porn-2/

Anarchists & Torture Porn

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/08/anarchist-book-fair-porn/

The Sexist Radical Left Versus Women

http://dgrnewsservice.org/2013/05/07/beautiful-justice-the-sexist-radical-left-vs-women/

Check out all of of Ben’s other articles & important work!

http://benbarker.org/work/

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HELPFUL REFERENCES

AntiPornography.org Page on Sadomasochism Harms

http://www.antipornography.org/sadomasochism.html

AntiPornography.org Page on Fifty Shades of Grey Harms

http://www.antipornography.org/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey_harm.html

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