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Prostitution: men who pay for sex may be more likely to commit rape and violence

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Doubletoilandtrouble · 03/11/2021 15:09

www.medicaldaily.com/prostitution-and-sexual-abuse-men-who-pay-sex-may-be-more-likely-commit-rape-350700

We have had some discussions on this board about prostitution. I am massively against the legalisation of this for all the reasons related to the exploitation of women.

I thought this research about the impact on the buyers was interesting. It is a small study but it dispels the myth that men buying sex are frustrated nice guys. They seem to be more likely to commit sexually aggressive acts.

I think that countries where prostitution is legal should look into this and do some quantitative studies.

If the impact is this big, buyers of sex should be put on a special register and subject to enhanced dbs checks.

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Doubletoilandtrouble · 03/11/2021 15:41

No, no @GoGoGretaDoll I think you have summarised it perfectly. And conveniently ignored any trafficked Eastern European women. You did well!

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GoGoGretaDoll · 03/11/2021 15:32

@Doubletoilandtrouble oh me! Me! Please! Me! Let me have a go!!

Ahem

"Choicey choicey, empowering, educate yourself, my best friend from college got a degree while lap dancing and laughed at the men and no-one ever touched her vulva, choicey choicey, valid work choice, how dare you shame women, providing valuable service, come the revolution everyone will get an econowife, economic forces, consent is consent, women in control."

How'd I do?

(Sorry. I am in an exceptionally bad mood today.(

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Doubletoilandtrouble · 03/11/2021 15:26

We all know.

But there are posters on this board who keep talking about how great prostitution is and how empowering it is for women.

I was hoping that they would pop into this thread and comment on this excellent piece of research and give us their views.

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GoGoGretaDoll · 03/11/2021 15:24

Am staggered, maself.

Obviously it's great to have research proving what women already knew and I thank OP for sharing it and the research team for having stomachs strong enough to do it but FFS. We know. Sex work ain't work, consent can't be bought and men who buy sex are nasty pigs.

RachelHasThoseInBurgundy · 03/11/2021 15:20

Well I for one am shocked! Shocked I tell you. Never would have guessed this.

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Doubletoilandtrouble · 03/11/2021 15:18

I completely agree and that is what so many women here have said. But I really liked the fact that there now is research actually showing this.

I think we need follow up studies to really investigate this relationship between sex purchase and violence.

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SirSamuelVimes · 03/11/2021 15:14

I think the phrase 'no shit, Sherlock' springs to mind here.

A man who sees a woman as a thing he can buy to fuck is not a good man.

A man who sees some women as lesser humans will be more inclined to treat all women as lesser humans.

A man who already thinks it's ok to fuck a woman who doesn't want to fuck him in one situation is going to find it easy to extrapolate that thought to another, different situation.

It's not rocket science.

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