Canadian court strikes down anti-prostitution laws

[whell]

"Ottawa — Canada’s highest court struck down the country’s anti-prostitution laws Friday, a victory for sex workers who stepped up their fight for safer working conditions following the serial killings of prostitutes by a pig farmer in British Columbia.

The 9-0 Supreme Court ruling found that the laws violated the guarantee to life, liberty and security of the person. But the ruling won’t take effect immediately because it gave Parliament a one-year reprieve to respond with new legislation.

Prostitution isn't illegal in Canada, but many of the activities associated with prostitution are classified as criminal offenses."

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...xt|FRONTPAGE|p

So, I wonder how the left in this country will deal with this ruling. Will they celebrate it as a victory for women's rights, and the right of a woman to do what she wants with her body? Or, will the feminists hold sway and demand more protection for, and abhor the on-going victimization, exploitation and objectification of, Canadian women?

[Bigerik]

How is the right going to respond? Heaven forbid that people get to have all the sex they want.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

So, I wonder how the left in this country will deal with this ruling. Will they celebrate it as a victory for women's rights, and the right of a woman to do what she wants with her body? Or, will the feminists hold sway and demand more protection for, and abhor the on-going victimization, exploitation and objectification of, Canadian women?

I'm a bit unclear on why it's necessary to pose such a one-sided (and irrelevant) question. That said, prostitution is legal in most of the social democracies of northern Europe and they are all, from an American POV, liberal. It's conservatives who talk like sex is icky, while cavorting behind the scenes like everyone else.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by whell

So, I wonder how the left in this country will deal with this ruling. Will they celebrate it as a victory for women's rights, and the right of a woman to do what she wants with her body? Or, will the feminists hold sway and demand more protection for, and abhor the on-going victimization, exploitation and objectification of, Canadian women?

Both sorts of opinions are out there.

Sweden has done the experiment and has the results, for anyone who actually wants to fight the 'n-going victimization, exploitation and objectification of women' that is inherent in the sex trade. Make paying for sex the illegal thing. Arrest the johns. Eliminates a great amount of the customer base in a hurry. The women must find other means of support, for better or worse....

This idea hasn't found great popularity elsewhere, for some odd reason. Works a trick, though. (sorry....)

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

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Works a trick, though. (sorry....)

LMAO!!

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Bigerik

How is the right going to respond? Heaven forbid that people get to have all the sex they want.

Until they discover the money to be made. Then, we'll be hearing that pimps are entrepreneurs and job creators. On that note it will become as acceptable as riverboat gambling and the extortion that passes for labor relations today.

Dave

[merrylander]

The approach of many is that prostitutrion is wrong, but it is alright to give it to your boss for free so you can keep your job. Enslaving a person is already against the law. Stealing is against the law. so if a woman wants to engage in the world's oldest profession she should be protected from pimps and such like. Of course if men here actually respected women it might be a different story.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I'm a bit unclear on why it's necessary to pose such a one-sided (and irrelevant) question. That said, prostitution is legal in most of the social democracies of northern Europe and they are all, from an American POV, liberal. It's conservatives who talk like sex is icky, while cavorting behind the scenes like everyone else.

Nice overstatement there, Finn. Actually, the far left and the far right have more in common on this issue that you'd suggest. The libertarian view on prostitution, drugs, and other "vices" is to let folks have at it, and any attempts to control such behavior is none of the gov'ts business.