Prostitution- Demand Documentation

My links first, links from Ye Olde Heretic at the bottom.
Increased Demand, Increased trafficking
http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521130875&s...

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00592.x/full
Second, many buyers demand human trafficking victims for employment
for a variety of reasons. Employing trafficked individuals is by nature
exploitative. In many cases, the trafficked individual does not have the
right to decide whether to work, how many hours to work, or what kind
of work to do (Bales, 1999: 9).
(just promoting the concept "they want to be trafficked" is not something ANY progressive that cares about labor issues should be buying into, esp when sex and the body are involved. It is the removal of agency.)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2615337/

Previous studies on prostitution have shown that prostitutes have a high prevalence of PTSD. Sixty-eight percent of 827 prostitutes in 9 countries met the criteria for lifetime diagnosis of PTSD.3 The severity of PTSD symptoms in the participants in the above study was in the same range as treatment-seeking combat veterans,20,21 battered women in protective shelters,22,23 rape survivors,24 and refugees.25 A study performed in Korea found that 81% of women with a history of prostitution had symptoms of PTSD,14 and research has suggested that prostitutes might have many risk factors for developing PTSD. Experiences of child sexual abuse are commonly reported among prostitutes. Additionally, violence related to prostitution and adult sexual assaults are prevalent.5,26
Exposure to violence through engagement in prostitution may contribute to persistent and severe psychological problems in not only direct victims but also people in close proximity who can suffer from a range of emotional symptoms in spite of not being directly exposed to the traumatic events. This phenomenon has been described by a number of terms, including indirect traumatization, and has been documented among children of Holocaust survivors,27 wives of combat soldiers,28 and therapists who treat trauma victims.29 A number of terms describe the negative impacts that result from working with traumatized victims, including "burnout", "compassion fatigue", "secondary traumatic stress", and more recently "vicarious traumatization".30

The term "vicarious trauma" was first used by McCann and Pearlman to describe pervasive changes occurring within clinicians or counselors over time from working with victims who experienced sexual trauma.31 In our study, the term was used to describe secondary trauma and/or traumatic stress. The unique features of counseling for sexual violence that contribute to the development of vicarious traumatization result from empathically listening to victims as they share graphic details of their traumatic experiences and psychological pain. Compared to other fields, sexual violence counselors have a higher risk of experiencing vicarious trauma.31,32 In a qualitative study of female counselors working with sexual assault victims, approximately 2/3 of participants reported intrusive imagery, dreams, and thoughts, including increased vigilance related to their safety, which decreases the level of trust in social interactions.33 Counselors and researchers who experience these negative effects may stop working with traumatized individuals,34 and the activists helping women exposed to trauma may experience more vicarious traumatic effects than workers in other fields. Therefore, recognizing and resolving vicarious traumatization may be crucial to the well-being of victims as well as counselors.35

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct04/prostitutes.asp

Links from Ye Olde Heretic
http://www.justice.govt.nz/search?SearchableText=decriminalisation

Beyond Decrim {PDF}
http://www.pivotlegal.org/sites/default/files/BeyondDecrimLongReport.pdf

Voices of Dignity: A Call to End the Harms Caused by Canada's Sex Trade Laws {PDF}
http://www.pivotlegal.org/sites/default/files/voicesfordignity.pdf

http://www.aidslaw.ca/publications/publicationsdocEN.php?ref=199

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[shirehorse91]

Boo, can you tell me if the Swedish model can be classed as legalization or decrim or is there evidence that it is working.

[IndifferentSky]

@shirehorse91 it's criminalization of the buyers, and decrim for the sex workers and has a huge package of all kinds of help for them, it's been hugely successful with virtually no more trafficking there, including police wire taps of organized crime saying openly they're not sending their women there anymore. As far as the documentation goes, google that and talk to Tuckercrew.

[shirehorse91]

@IndifferentSky It's good to hear that at least one model is working. I'll talk to tuckercrew. I wanted to know about terminology in this area so I don't sound like an idiot. Is it correct to that you are against legalization and decrim, but for the Swedish model?

[IndifferentSky]

@shirehorse91 At this point yes, and I am open to full decrim info, but have not had my questions answered. I've got a book to read and some people to interview.

[TheALGAYDA]

serves only to point out Austraila's failed attempt at positive change and reinforce the link mentioned above. This does not help. It's just a blameful rant.

[IndifferentSky]

@TheALGAYDA 4. So I think I need to do a video poll asking how many men would buy the services of a trafficked person, and if they think this issue should be more concerned with their feelings, or people's lives? Because I don't think all men are like this or this is "men's desires", or that when it comes or slavery and making women shut off their desires and entering their bodies and god knows what else, that "men's desires" are the priority here. Is this what. I think it's misandry.

[graytaich0]

Hermgirl and AtheismCentral are 100% right about you. *nods*

[somethingdiffereable]

@IndifferentSky Do you want to make your own decisions or do you want the big-brother gov. to make them for you?. I don't want the gov. to make any of my decisions. I want to be allowed to do as I please so long as I don't harm anyone. You can't legislate morality. I believe in letting others do their own thing even if it is something I may find to be repulsive. People in theocratic gov.s such as (say) Iran don't have to make any decisions. The Islamic wizards make them for you.

[AtheismCentral]

(continued) Keep battling this pro-sex bullshit sister!

[AtheismCentral]

Your channel has some good content, one of which is this video. Being that I share many of your views, I'm going to add you to my related channels.

One issue that is really bothering me is the normalization of prostitution in our culture (Culture reflects popular opinion, something socially engineered. We need to engineer or culture to rationality) the fact remains:

Prostitution, Stripping, and Pornography all stems from money, economic coercion of a woman's sexuality from her being in poverty

[TehHermgirl]

Yup, I've noticed the commenting tactics of certain folk. And what I've noticed about you Booboo, is that for a *really* long time you've been more than civil with some of these people.

I'm not telling you you should come out with guns a blazin', but I'm just saying some of us out here notice who the fair minded people are and who doesn't play fair, and I can't be the only one.

[shirehorse91]

This video outlines many of the problematic areas in the prostitution discussion. Job well done. If you have more information on the psychological effects of prostitution I greatly appreciate a video on the topic from you. No pressure from me if you are not interested, however I do appreciate your perspective.