Reason #1545 of why I'm against the sex trade: It's not uncommon for fathers or friends of male minors to take them to brothels to turn them into "real men". It's an ancient patriarchal practice that still exists today across the world. This is both child abuse and abuse of women
The majority of women in the sex trade who can refuse to see a minor absolutely will. But what if it's legal like in e.g. Switzerland? There 16 to 17-year-old boys go to brothels all the time. "They have no respect, because of the porn they watch." blick.ch/schweiz/ex-dir…
Quote from a Swiss boy in whose country paying to access women's bodies is legal from the age of 16 (and selling girls 16-17 years of age was legal until 2013): "None of my buddies are ashamed of paying for sex. Quite the opposite. We go to school and boast about it."
The number of male minors going to brothels is on the rise in Switzerland and every single source agrees: The reason is hardcore #pornography. Girls around them don't want to do it, so they go where they will always find someone who cannot say no. spiegel.de/panorama/gesel…
Swiss brothel owner: "I have had to send home boys even younger than 16." Everyone wants to be a "real man". We have collectively lost our minds & said hardcore porn is harmless for kids and does not inspire them to act out what they see - yet that's exactly what's happening.
Germany isn't much better: Here sex buyers have to be 18, but we still have cases of boys caught in brothels. Here a 17-year-old boy was handed over to child services, a 17-year-old trafficked Romanian girl was meanwhile arrested for illegal immigration. faz.net/aktuell/rhein-…
If it's a "service like any other" there is no reason for 18+ only. If you're consistent - like Switzerland is/was - according to German age of consent 14-year-olds should be able to buy and sell "sex". Many already are & while adult #sexbuying is normal this trend won't decrease
Just to show you all the end product of a culture that is flippant about #sexbuying: I don't want this for women and girls. ALSO don't want this for men and boys.
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