rooter
14-04-2016, 01:14 AM
Interesting program on ABC radio about the "Nordic Model" for regulating the sex industry.
It was first enacted in Sweden in 1999 but has been adopted in countries like France, Canada and South Korea too.
Basically what it does is criminalise the customer rather than the sex worker.
The model is based on the premise that punters are essentially rapists and so have to be punished and reformed and the sex workers are victims and so need to be rescued and rehabilitated.
I think the fine imposed on the punter for being busted is around 3,000 euros (around $4,500) - fuck that's an expensive punt!
Anyway, it was very educational - I used to think a Nordic model was this ... ;)
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It was first enacted in Sweden in 1999 but has been adopted in countries like France, Canada and South Korea too.
Basically what it does is criminalise the customer rather than the sex worker.
The model is based on the premise that punters are essentially rapists and so have to be punished and reformed and the sex workers are victims and so need to be rescued and rehabilitated.
I think the fine imposed on the punter for being busted is around 3,000 euros (around $4,500) - fuck that's an expensive punt!
Anyway, it was very educational - I used to think a Nordic model was this ... ;)
37818