ricgem2002 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Did anyone on here watch Five Daughters? It was about the Ipswich women who were murdered. These are women, human beings, someone's daughter, mother, sister trying to make a living. It did so happen that these women were all drug dependent, hence their line of work. i watched this programme and found it interesting . but you looking at it from the wrong angle if this was controlled in a clean and sfae enviroment it wouldnt be the same . brothels if legalised would imo either give these girls a chance to either clean up their acts and do this legitimately or they would be (starved) out of the game because (A) the punters would be able to visit these premises without fear of a prosecution and (B) would nt have to take the chance with a drug addicted street girl and therefore less chances of spreading diseases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Apparently it seems to work well in Amsterdam and Hamburg and has done for many years. Licensed establishments also require their customers to wear condoms and some of them require customers to shower first of all I'm only speaking from heresay however being among the fortunate who never had to pay for it If only we had a government who actually had the balls (and I don't mean Ed) to tackle this issue head on and go down this route. As I said, whether people like it or not, sometimes you just have to take the pragmatic approach. It would also help to eliminate sex trafficking. The last government proposed a law (not sure whether or not it was actually passed) whereby those paying a trafficked or pimped prostitute would be prosecuted, but how can a law like that be enforced without the entire prostitution industry being totally transparent and legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tshombe Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 fine........was it there 65 million years ago? /QUOTE] Was any other proffession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncocker Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 is it important to protect the exploitation of the men as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 is it important to protect the exploitation of the men as well? How are the men being exploited? They're not being forced to use prostitutes or being controlled by a pimp. They go of their own free will. Or do you mean 'rent boys'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Did anyone on here watch Five Daughters? It was about the Ipswich women who were murdered. These are women, human beings, someone's daughter, mother, sister trying to make a living. It did so happen that these women were all drug dependent, hence their line of work. Free heroin on the NHS would go a long way to solving the problem of street prostitution. There used to be the progressive policy of handing out free heroin to addicts in the UK right up to the Seventies and we had one of the best records on drug addiction in the world. It was when the policy was abolished that heroin and the crime associated with finding the money to pay for it became a real problem in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 If only we had a government who actually had the balls (and I don't mean Ed) to tackle this issue head on and go down this route. As I said, whether people like it or not, sometimes you just have to take the pragmatic approach. It would also help to eliminate sex trafficking. The last government proposed a law (not sure whether or not it was actually passed) whereby those paying a trafficked or pimped prostitute would be prosecuted, but how can a law like that be enforced without the entire prostitution industry being totally transparent and legal? Escort services have existed for years. Just another name for the world's oldest profession and no one makes a fuss about it The problem is with women working the streets and it is offensive to many people I would think. It's just a question of the the government becoming emlightened enough to set about regulating it which works to protect women and customers alike. Arresting street women is just a waste of police manpower anyway. They' spend a night in the slammer, pay a small fine and back on the streets the next day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncocker Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 How are the men being exploited? They're not being forced to use prostitutes or being controlled by a pimp. They go of their own free will. Or do you mean 'rent boys'? how often do women have to pay for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Free heroin on the NHS would go a long way to solving the problem of street prostitution. There used to be the progressive policy of handing out free heroin to addicts in the UK right up to the Seventies and we had one of the best records on drug addiction in the world. It was when the policy was abolished that heroin and the crime associated with finding the money to pay for it became a real problem in the UK. The NHS couldn't sustain that, however, if drugs were legalised, controlled, not mixed with crap, sold at more affordable prices it would go a long way to solving street prostitution, I agree, and associated organised crime. However, the hysterical morally outraged brigade would never allow this to happen. It's not a vote winner and it seems that too many people would rather see drug related crime and women putting their lives at risk than go for the most pragmatic solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 If you have a couple of fit clean ones then send them up to my house and I'll protect them for an hour or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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