Sharing this great article again written by @DanaLevy on why prostitution never was and never will be a #joblikeanyother. Argued today with a woman insisting that the same protections could be used in brothels as are in scientific labs... Ehm, no. nordicmodelnow.org/2020/03/12/pro…
There is no demand for prostitution where the woman wears goggles, a face mask, gloves, or just a straight-up hazmat suit which would put it in line with worker protection regulations regarding such basic things as body fluids. There's only like 3 dudes with a rare fetish here.
May I also remind you about how "infection safe #prostitution" was supposed to look like in Germany during the last reopening after 1st lockdown? Hardly anyone used face masks and stuck to "massage only". One pimp even suggested this dehumanizing trash:
Now try to imagine what the inspection would look like for compliance: You can't just walk around the brothel anything could be going around behind closed doors. The condom machines could be partly decorative. Dyou want to inspect used condoms and compare the numbers to visitors?
You'd have to inspect by pretending to be a customer, which is just straight-up assault. Aside from the fact that touching and penetrating someone who doesn't desire you is assault, pretending to be someone you are not certainly is, too. You cannot inspect brothels like labs. Ffs
Wrong handle: I mean @DanaLevy__

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28 Dec
Okay this might seem pretty arrogant but after 5 years of self teaching on prostitution statistics and law I get so frustrated in conversations with people because they don't have the basic legal definitions of relevant terms to make meaningful arguments (eg legal def of pimping)
They say: "But pimping is illegal." And I say: "No it isnt. It's legal to tell a woman when to 'work', for what prices and to force her to be naked in the brothel at all times. Taking 49% of her money is legal. And in practice those limits aren't even stuck to as gov confirms."🤦🏻‍♀️
They say: "Forced prostitution is illegal." And I say: "No it isnt. The only way she can charge a pimp for being exploited is if she can prove she was forced to do specific 'service' for specific men. But you can get rich off of a woman and never meet that definition."
Read 12 tweets
18 Dec
On International Day to End Violence Against Women In The Sex Trade, I am going to compile statistics and evidence about my country Germany specifically and how with 18 years of highly permissive laws towards brothel keepers, pimps and sex buyers we have arrived at the following:
Violence frequently starts prior to entry into the sex trade. It is not a myth that women in #prostitution are disproportionately neglected and abused physically, sexually or emotionally in childhood. According to gov-funded study half faced regular abuse: bmfsfj.de/blob/84328/0c8…
According to one study that asked 54 women in German prostitution, 41% entered were first exploited as minors. prostitutionresearch.com/pdf/Prostituti… International pro-prostitution oriented researchers confirm a rate of 20-40% entry into sexual exploitation as minors: aviatorpenguin.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/ado…
Read 28 tweets
17 Dec
Brothel advertisment per usual being super honest about what #prostitution really is: Men picking women based on ethnicity, body sizes and parts showcasing exactly why this is not a "sale of services" but systematic objectification and dehumanization all for men's pleasure.
Pimps making it too easy for me to argue my case. I tell people all the time that #prostitution is men renting access to womens bodies based on ethnicity, body sizes and hair colour for one sided pleasure which is objectively misogynistic, racist and rapey and they just admit it!
How utterly pathetic is this brothel ad? "Come here and be a true man! All men do this - dont be shy! Men were born to purchase women - just give into it!" I am disgusted. Women are not prey. Women are not toys. Men are not born abusers. Abusing women is a choice. #TimesUp
Read 6 tweets
17 Nov
Conservative voices in Germany, too, calling to let brothels reopen during the 2nd wave of the pandemic: Because #prostitution is a hostage situation and we are offering nothing to women except to "kindly let them fuck to survive" as @HuschkeMau put it. bild.de/bild-plus/poli…
Also sick of the choice of image: Women's legs in high heels. Women are worried, desperate, some homeless and hungry and we still sexualize them. And it's not just Bild Zeitung which is cheap papers, all news outlets do this all the time! Even when women are raped or murdered.
My suggestion: When talking about #prostitution media outlets should stop using images of women's legs, breasts, and butts and instead show sex buyers! Men are the reason the trade exists, women are just trying to survive. Real pictures by @BettinaFlitner: bettinaflitner.de/freier.html?&L…
Read 13 tweets
28 Oct
Really creepy: A number of high-ranking NGOs tasked with development work focused on children have started referring to child sexual exploitation as "child sex work". This is not rare, but a reoccurring phenomenon. And they are directly lobbied by the pro-prostitution lobby.
People hear "sex work" and they think "adult" and "consenting". In practice the term is now used for anything under the sun that involves a man getting his rocks off and someone getting paid for it. Be they adult, minor, under pimp control, literally trafficked across a border...
According to UNICEF 12-year-olds can be "sex workers"! This is so sinister and with this I can no longer extend the goodwill of "well, people are just trying to use respectful language". Money is irrelevant. An adult touching or penetrating a child is rape childhub.org/en/system/tdf/…
Read 8 tweets
27 Oct
Seit Jahren rede ich darüber. Übrigens nicht nur wir Frauen außerhalb der Industrie, die den Mist abkriegen, sei es durch Racheporno oder durch Gewalt durch Männer, die Pornos nachspielen wollen - die Frauen in der Industrie erleben so viel Scheiße. Hört mal Mia Khalifa & Co zu!
Die legal Pornoindustrie ist regelmäßig verbrecherisch - auch bezahlten DarstellerInnen gegenüber. #JusticeForMiaKhalifa
Die Liste weiterer Frauen, die in der legalen Porno-Industrie ausgebeutet und traumatisiert wurden und teilweise ums Leben kamen ist lang. Dazu zählen Jenna Jameson, Linda "Lovelace" Boreman, Shelley Lubben, August Ames, Amber Rayne und viele viele mehr: sexindustry-kills.de/doku.php?id=po…
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