Criminalisation of sex work normalises violence, review finds

Lucky then that the Nordic model decriminalizes the women.

God only knows why prostitute death statistics never factor into the argument.

Its not a good piece of writing.

The references and quotes are unclear.

from the article:
"A man in the UK said the ideal situation was working from shared premises, where everybody had companionship and greater security. But, although buying and selling sexual services is legal, that can fall foul of the law. “Because of the legal situation, you have to be very, very careful. Because obviously it’s running a brothel, which has … really dangerous consequences these days,” he said."

This article makes no sense to me. Prostitute-using men are known to actively seek to hurt the prostituted women they purchase even where prostitution is legal. Hoping men will commit less harm if prostitutes are easier to access has been the failure of all legalization schemes.

"Sex workers who fear that they, or their clients, may be picked up by the police are more likely to engage in risky encounters, unable to take the time to talk to a client before getting into a car or negotiate terms in advance, the researchers found."

Lemme rephrase the above: Clients of sex workers can be expected to force as much dangerous, health-risking sexual violence on sex workers as clients believe they can get away with.

Suggesting that with enough time and the right questions a prostituted woman can 'sniff out' potential rapists is victim-blaming.

The article discusses the "Nordic model" where buying sex is illegal but selling sex is not.

I can see why this would be harmful to the women as the man would expect them to take more risks so that he doesn't get picked up (e.g. getting in his car quickly).

Haven't been able to read the actual paper yet.

The review seems to look at places where prostitutes are criminalised. Which as you point out is not what happens in Sweden. And the number of murdered prostitutes seem to bear that out - where prostitutes are decriminalised but the client isn't there are far fewer victims while the crim/crim and decrim/decrim models both seem to have resulted in more victims.