After mentioning Stephanie Key and Ari Read who are both female and support prostitution, the author then adds that changing laws “would only further reinforce the “status” of women in our society as sexual objects who can be purchased, consumed and disposed of by men”

In their study at the Adelaide University, the author has not learnt quantitative analysis.

How many “men” think that women in our society are sexual objects who can be purchased, consumed and disposed of?

I would think very few men would think this way, but the article classifies all men as thinking of women as being sexual objects who can be purchased, consumed and disposed of.

The article is an exercise in gender discrimination and bigotry, but it again highlights the inability, or lack of interest, by the universities in this country to educate students (and often staff) to not carry out discrimination.

...But Vanna, I think, on the issue of prostitution, it is impossible to escape the fact that it is men who drive the trade. The recommendation made in this article is for SA to follow the modern view, “The Swedish” model, which has the huge element of justice attached to it, forcing men to take responsibility for their major role in driving the sex industry, with all its social negatives; including the fast tracking of children into prostitution for profit, invariably drawn into the trade in the “slip stream” of their prostitute mothers: It is this point where the liberal policies of the Victorian "decriminalise" model failed dismally. In a word, it is “decriminalising” of the sex trade, which, at this distance out from the event has displayed itself as the dismal failure to society and to women in particular, it was predicted to be at the time.

...I can well understand the reluctance of SA politicians to open debate on the subject now the cat is out of the bag; and as much as (I believe) the SA Government would dearly love to follow the lucrative path of Victoria (and NSW and others) in decriminalising the sex trade for their own profit, and assisting the police force with an easier task of control, public opposition is now buoyed with the facts pointing to failure of the unworkable Victorian model.

Making anything criminal pushes it underground, whether it is the Swedish model or otherwise.

Regulating its practise offers the greatest protection for the women involved.

SM:

...You may wish to add how regulation works without penalties applying! I would be interested to know!

Dan.

Diver Dan "forcing men to take responsibility for their major role in driving the sex industry, with all its social negatives"

Most men like sex a lot and many don't meet their needs within a monogamous relationship (and some women are in the same situation).

For many the answer seems to be tough bickies, suck it up, too bad, so sad. That's hardly an effective answer.

I think that prostitution is a poor substitute for sex with a loved partner but sometimes a poor substitute is better than nothing.

Just as most have grown to accept that women should have control over their own bodies in saying no to sex which they don't want it's about time that some recognised that men and women should have the right to say yes to consentual sex that they do want regardless of wether others think they should say no or not.

That means that people who choose to be prostitutes are free to make that choice and their customers are free to pay for those services.

If male customers of prostitutes are responsible for the choices of the prostitutes delivering the service why aren't women responsible for not meeting their partners sexual needs. Both are nonsense propositions only valid where the choices are non consensual.

Yet more of the women are not capable of making adult choices, men are so it's all the men's fault nonsense.

R0bert

Diver Dan
“the fact that it is men who drive the trade.”

Which men?

How many men?

That is quantitative analysis.

Implying that all men treat women “as sexual objects who can be purchased, consumed and disposed of” is a discriminatory statement (full stop)

However such discriminatory statements are rampant throughout the academic world.

Similar to the feminist and americian academic Gail Dines saying on ABC TV that “Men think women are sluts”

Which men?

How many men?

BTW. If you are a man, then according to such university academics, you must treat women as sexual objects who can be purchased, consumed and disposed of, and you also think women are sluts.