➡️ The Netherlands also has femicide, but we don't take to the streets for it
"It received scant media attention last week, the death of a 52-year-old woman in Utrecht. Stabbed to death by a 43-year-old man." nos.nl/artikel/246176…
"She was presumably killed after a conflict in the relational sphere, police say The same probably applies to the mother and daughter who were shot in Zwijndrecht last Saturday. The still-fugitive perpetrator was an ex of the daughter. She was seriously injured, her mother died."
Sep 27, 2023 • 23 tweets • 3 min read
➡️ Pornography: 90% of online videos contain physical and sexual violence, report warns
Violence, acts of barbarism, child abuse... the findings are alarming.
The High Council for Equality between Men and Women is submitting a report this Wednesday on what it calls “pornocriminality” to Minister Bérangère Couillard, responsible for equality between women and men.
Sep 18, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
➡️ Porn productions reaching a peak in violence
a) Commodification of sex and women's bodies
"Today sex is a massive, globalised business. Whilst revenues amounting to several billion dollars are concentrated in the hands of a few multinationals that own the tube sites,
the number of "producers" (whose content is necessary to feed these sites) has multiplied, and there is no longer any real distinction between the socalled professional sector and the booming amateur sector.
Aug 21, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"If we did not make the assumption that people do “whatever seems good to them at the time” depending on their situation we might, for example,
make the mistake of assuming that men and women who are submissive in BDSM play are always submissive, regardless of what situation they are in."
Aug 21, 2023 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Reading research on abuse in the kink scene:
"The fact that I am linked to the BDSM community through working in latex- and fetish fashion has most likely helped me not only to find volunteers but also to make them feel comfortable in telling me about the community & its issues.
"On the other hand, researching a known field increases the risk of a biased analysis. Comparing my link to the BDSM community to those of Fulkerson, Surprise or Ortmann, however, presents this risk as relatively minute."
Jun 7, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
OM demands prison sentences for human trafficking in the Red Light District: 'Lovely words were interspersed with insults' parool.nl/amsterdam/om-e…
"The OM is demanding prison sentences of 32 and 54 months against two Bulgarian men suspected of human trafficking. The two suspects, aged 44 and 32, are said to have exploited several women who they let work for them in the Amsterdam Red Light District."
Jun 7, 2023 • 27 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 The facilitation of human trafficking in the red light district
[Translated from Dutch]
A case study:
"It is important to distinguish between, on the one hand, companies and individuals that play a role as facilitators and also benefit from trafficking
(and could therefore be characterised as suspects), and, on the other hand, individuals, agencies or occasions that facilitate trafficking."
Jun 7, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
"Every year there are an estimated 3,000 victims of sexual exploitation in the Netherlands, including 1,300 minors. Sexual exploitation often takes place under the radar, out of everyone's sight. Criminal organizations also use hotels and holiday parks unnoticed."
"Human trafficking for sexual exploitation ('sex trafficking') takes place all over the world, even though many people think that sexual exploitation only occurs in poor or underdeveloped countries such as Thailand."
Jun 6, 2023 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
"This report does not go into such depth about the different groups of prostitutes operating in the window prostitution of the Red Light District. Nevertheless, several groups have been studied in the recent past."
"Here, reference can first be made to the study by F. Bovenkerk et al on so-called loverboys, also referred to as pimp boys."
Jun 6, 2023 • 27 tweets • 4 min read
"Only on the issue of trafficking in women in the Red Light District was the available police information brought together in a brief report a few years ago."
"This is not to say, of course, that there were no investigative investigations in Am sterdam before 2008 that also provided insight into problems and developments in the inner city."
Jun 6, 2023 • 32 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 What went wrong with Project 1012'
[Translated from Dutch article, 2018]
"Project 1012, the project to rid the Red Light District of human trafficking and crime, was judged a failure by the Court of Auditors. Kees Lacet reconstructs why."
"The Amsterdam Court of Auditors cracks a tough nut in its evaluation of Project 1012.
For instance, it states that it 'failed to gain sufficient insight into the exact extent of human trafficking and criminal networks have not disappeared from the area' (Het Parool)."
Jun 6, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 Crooks, hoodlums, room renters, gamblers, prostitutes, night porters, drug dealers, pimps, alcoholics.
[Translated from Dutch]
"Funnily enough, the Red Light District hardly has the image of a criminal area. Rather, it is a tourist attraction, a paragon of Dutch tolerance."
"Besides being a tourist attraction, the Red Light District is also a magnet for crime. Arms and drugs are regularly found in catering establishments."
Jun 6, 2023 • 32 tweets • 4 min read
"Charles Geerts (businessman)"
[Text from Wiki]
"Charles Ludovicus Geerts (born 1943, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch entrepreneur and was at one time one of Amsterdam's largest brothel owners. He is known as Dikke Charles (fat Charles) and Amsterdam's Emperor of Sex."
"Geerts founded a mail-order company in erotic articles. After the sale of this firm in 1993, the money acquired was invested in real estate on the Amsterdam red-Light district."
Jun 6, 2023 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
About the Erotic Center
[Webpage of Amsterdam's city government]
"We want less window prostitution in the Red Light District and are therefore looking for alternatives. One of those alternatives is an Erotic Center."
They want prostitution out of the city center because the exploitation is visible, if you keep prostitution out of sight you can pretend it is "just work".
To maintain the facade they need to hide the criminality surrounding prostitution (exploitation/trafficking/drug dealing)
Jun 6, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
P&G292: Prostitutie en Gezondheidszorg/Prostitution and Healthcare, changed their name to: Amsterdam Center for Sex Workers.
Because under decrim prostitution is work and the word "prostitution" is now considered stigmatizing.
Checked their site for info on help with exiting prostitution.
Start & Stop is put on one webpage..
First explaining in a text how to enter legal prostitution, how to set everything up and then finishing with one link to info on how to exit.
Jun 5, 2023 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
What happened at NOS Sport? Watching porn, stalking and more
Earlier this month, the editors of NOS Sport came under fire for reports of transgressive behaviour. More details about the allegations are now on the street via the Noordhollands Dagblad.
panorama.nl/artikel/489944…
"There would be transgressive behavior on the editorial floor. De Volkskrant wrote last week that employees say they have had the feeling that they are not being heard for 'fifteen years'. Despite making multiple reports."
Jun 5, 2023 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
"We can no longer tolerate that in 2023, when women's rights are for the second time the major cause of the five-year term, the pornographic industry thrives on hatred and violence against women, with general indifference and total impunity."
"It is true that legal proceedings are finally underway, thanks to the diligence of grassroots associations and a public prosecutor's office that has shown itself worthy of its mission."
Jun 5, 2023 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
➡️ ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY: THE HIGH COUNCIL FOR EQUALITY ISSUES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTER REGULATION
[Translated from French] bfmtv.com/amp/tech/porno…
"While the bill to "secure and regulate the digital space" will be presented to the Senate in the coming days, the HCE is issuing some recommendations to better protect women in online pornography."
Parenting problems in countries where prostitution is legal.
How do you explain to your 6 - 8 y/o children why almost naked women are offering their bodies behind windows in the city, so men can have sex whenever they feel like it.
You lie by telling them that if they don't do well in school they might be so unfortunite to end up having to sell sex to strangers when they grow up. Up their grades go!
Jun 4, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
"How do you explain the world of prostitution to children aged six and eight?"
“Hey mom, look, a mannequin!” kekmama.nl/artikel/column…
"After we let two pairs of children's ears in the Concertgebouw get used to the sounds by Strauss and Tchaikovsky (resulting in a somewhat lukewarm review from the children), we are on our way to a nice tent for lunch."
