"(only a middle-aged male politician could possibly think)"

Only a middle-aged female could possibly think like this.

The author makes her sexist male stereotyping remarks (which seem to be well accepted by OLO), and then expects readers to accept the rest of her article as being true and unbiased.

Exactly how many “sex slaves” are there in Australia? This would be a very relevant question.

I remember such an issue in the past, where an organisation said that there were “sex slaves” in Australia. The governments response was basically that they couldn’t find any, but if someone knew of them, then report the matter to the police (as the activity is illegal).

However, I have not heard of any such reports being made to the police, and how much about sex slaves in Australia is a myth, and how much is true and accurate, is now quite relevant.

Rather than follow the US or Italy in addressing this issue it would seem we are following the UK as this report indicates
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article318227.ece

Timkins, you would be naive to think we don't have a problem here just because you can't see it. As indicated in the article it is difficult to get the women involved because they are at risk. The operators are not going to dob themselves in.

I strongly suspect this is an area which leaves itself open to bribery and corruption involving police and Immigration officials, perhaps also migration agents.

It sounds as if sexual servitude would be an excellent punishment for crime in our society, and could act as an effective deterrent against a myriad of criminal activities, being more humiliating even than the lash. Would this be the same as penal servitude?

Wouldn't it be penile servitude?

Roscco,
I have rarely seen an article written by a female on some social issue, that does not attempt to malign or stereotype the male gender in someway. This article does that, and nearly every other article written by a female author does the same, and one has to now consider, if what they are writting about requires serious attention, or are they simply making up stories so as to malign and stereotype the male gender.

The author seems to have some detailed knowledge of “sex slavery”. How much of this is occurring in Australia is the unknown. But if the author knows specific details of it occurring, then the matter should be reported to the police. If the police do nothing about it, then she has a case, and as a Parliamentarian in the ACT, she could even give specific details in Parliament.

However spreading rumours does not help solve social issues.

Timkins
So what you are saying is this article would need to be written by a male before you would believe it! What a joke. Get over your sexual hang ups if you want to be taken seriously.