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Sophie Walker on criminalising the men who buy sex in the Guardian

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QueenOfQuacks · 21/05/2018 18:53

"Let’s criminalise the men buying sex, and spare the women they exploit"

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Ereshkigal · 21/05/2018 20:59

Great article. Brava Sophie. I imagine she'll get some shit for it.

AssassinatedBeauty · 21/05/2018 20:58

Great article, good to see this in the Guardian.

Vicky1990 · 21/05/2018 20:52

What about women who buy sex.

ArcheryAnnie · 21/05/2018 20:17

Good for Sophie on this.

Teateaandmoretea · 21/05/2018 19:53

I agree with her.

All of this 'you'll never do away with it'... the same can be said about lots of heinous crimes but it doesn't mean that modern society should accept them. All the 'what about the poor widower' etc... No one has a right to sex with another person!!!!!

PhilODox · 21/05/2018 19:40

You haven't said how you feel about her stance, queenofquacks.

QuentinSummers · 21/05/2018 19:35

Well done Sophie.

LassWiADelicateAir · 21/05/2018 19:20

Scotland had a private member's bill by Labour MP Rhoda Grant to introduce the Nordic model but it went nowhere.

Jean Urquhart then ran a consultation with a view to full decriminalisation which thankfully seems to have gone nowhere.

Latest was this from last year which seems to have gone no further. I might follow that up although neither my MP or MSP are SNP.

inews.co.uk/news/politics/snp-backs-changes-scotlands-prostitution-laws/

Baroquehavoc · 21/05/2018 19:09

I agree with the article. Julie Bindel has written well in the subject.

It's amazing how many men in the comments aren't agreeing.

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QueenOfQuacks · 21/05/2018 19:01

Yes apols for poor grammar.

Though I suspect the Guardian is full of men who buy sex tbh.

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EmpressOfSpartacus · 21/05/2018 18:59

Excellent article.

Now if WEP would just go one step further and put sex before gender....

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 21/05/2018 18:56

I didn't know you could buy sex in the Guardian Shock Wink

Good article though.

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