The Sunday show on bbc1 had a debate the other week re amnesty internationals proposals re decriminalising prostitution globally. As you'd expect many of the panellists and much of the debate was misinformed and largely related to street workers and people smuggling. One of the panellists was far better informed and made some salient points relating to what has criminalisation of prostitution (and the obfuscation of laws in this country) actually achieved?
I personally feel that the legality of the game in many countries, including the UK (where there are so many caveats to what is and isn't permissible) actually puts women at more, not less risk. It's never going to go away. The argument of the panel was that by legalising it you essentially give the green light to abuse women but that is total bullshit IMO. Even if it was legal globally the same rules of consent would surely apply, regardless of whether you were paying for sex or not.
