In every prospective trial, as the availability of porn increased, rates of sexual assault declined. – Michael Castleman
Do they even think about the words they’re vomiting out?
Three Romanian women are to be deported following the discovery of two brothels…in Swindon…all three…had been advertising sex work online…they were very open about their sex work and confirmed the profiles on Adultworks were their own, which they had set up and paid for…Det Supt Craig Holden…said: “This is a very positive outcome as the women are now safe and away from their clients and are no longer vulnerable to the risks of off-street sex work”…
Yes, this evil moron is actually implying that indoor sex work is more dangerous than street work, that businesspeople need “protection” from their clients and that dragging a person off in chains, caging her and sending her to a place she intentionally left is a “very positive outcome”.
A Tale That Grew in the Telling
And the next time they broaden the definition, it will “grow” even more!
The number of sexual slavery victims in Northern Ireland rose by two thirds last year. But statistics available for those reportedly held against their will are just the tip of the iceberg, as officials [pretend] the true extent of the threat is unknown…the National Crime Agency (NCA)…has…warned that over the next three years there is likely to be an increase in the recruitment and exploitation of victims online…
Just when they’re trying to censor the internet more; what a koinkydink!
Long-time readers already know this:
…longtime science journalist Michael Castleman explains why the studies showing an ostensible link between porn and rape are full of flaws…small…studies might show that violent men tend to watch porn, but other studies show that most men have watched porn at some point and many watch it regularly. Since most men don’t go on to become violent sexual predators, it’s hard to argue that the “link” between porn and predation is one of cause and effect. Alas, this is just the kind of junk science that culture warriors regularly cite to confuse general audiences. In the realm of sex-work research, it’s common for studies to include only data on incarcerated sex workers…or those in court-ordered diversion programs…and then extrapolating from them to the entire population of people who sell sex. As with the studies that purport to show the effects of porn on all consumers by studying convicted criminals, this conflation leads to reports showing drastically more dire consequences of sex work than exist in more general populations…
Teenagers involved in “sexting” could go on to commit offences that would land them on the sex offenders’ register, police have warned…Det Chief Inspt Deborah Oakes…said…“We can’t keep just dealing reactively with the increasing number of registered sex offenders and need to be able to get more proactive to prevent offending…”
Let that sink in. This sow is actually claiming that the problem isn’t the horrible registry & the increasing number of laws that people are condemned to it for, but young people exploring their sexuality in ways prudish authoritarians dislike.
Remember this story the next time you hear pigs oinking about the number of “pimps” they arrested:
…Ms C Norman worked as a cleaner for two days a week at Bunnies Ranch massage parlour. She was not involved in running the premises…On 19 May 2016 Ms Norman was at work when the client collapsed in the reception room. Everyone else…left because they were scared of being arrested. Ms Norman stayed and called the police and ambulance and then did CPR on the man until the paramedics arrived. Sadly, despite their best efforts the man died. Instead of being praised for trying to save a life Ms Norman was arrested and charged with assisting in the running of a brothel…Women who worked at the premises are frightened to come to court to give evidence on Ms Norman’s behalf because of fear of prosecution and exposure…
On the Simultaneous Having and Eating of Cake
Given the outcome of all the lawsuits against strip clubs, this was only a matter of time:
…Tele Pay USA, a nationwide phone sex purveyor, [was] hit with a class-action lawsuit in federal court…alleging it cheated one employee and potentially hundreds of others out of compensation…Anne Cannon filed a complaint on behalf of herself and her counterparts in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She says the company, which is based in Glendale, Calif., engaged in a “pattern of intentional manipulation and exploitation” to siphon off workers’ earnings, paying them as little as $4.20 per hour, in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act…
…Valerie Laperruque and nine others will paddleboard around 12 miles of Pewaukee Lake on July 10 to raise awareness of the dangers of sex trafficking in [rural Wisconsin] and raise support for the Redeem and Restore Center, a local [rescue industry]…profit[eer]…This plan is part of a coordinated effort by the I-94 Human Trafficking Awareness Project, which offers quarterly [propaganda sessions]…about sex trafficking [to terrify] young girls…
“Broken dreams”. “Bad guys”. Seriously, who writes this shit? How old are they, eight?
…The idea of the Restore program is to help broken women have complete lives. The program is the brainchild of the Florida Dream Center…Rev. Bill Losasso…[says] women start by being sexually abused by a parent or other relative. Some are used as prostitutes….Eventually, many of them end up in…prisons. But…bad guys on the outside have women working for them inside to recruit those who are about to get out of prison. And, with no job prospects and no help on the outside, many…return to prostitution…
The “Dream Center” is one of the most loathsome of rescue industry organizations; it’s a fascist collaboration between cops, religious fanatics and profiteers dedicated to censorship, infantilization of women and demonization of sexual behavior.But there’s no escape in prison, Losasso said. Bad guys on the outside have women working for them inside to recruit those who are about to get out of prison. And, with no job prospects and no help on the outside, many become prostitutes or return to prostitution.
STOP SAYING “FORMER” COP. He was not a “former” cop when he committed the rape:
A…Leesburg [Florida cop]…has been arrested and charged with sexual battery…Dennis Putnam…[held] a house-warming party…[on] March 5…a…woman…drank alcohol and woke up in the guest bedroom to Putnam fondling her breasts…Putnam then [raped] her…During questioning…[he] denied [raping] the woman…[but his] DNA was found during the rape examination…
The vile filth which infest the police department & prosecutor’s office in Seattle are at it again, destroying lives for their own sexual pleasure & self-aggrandizement: “…[at] a fake massage parlor on Aurora Ave North…From June 24 through July 1, Seattle police arrested 139 people for sexual exploitation, a misdemeanor…”
The porn studies and the “Gateway” argument are connected; prohibitionists have very prone to argue for passing laws against innocuous behavior (of which they disapprove) because it ‘leads to’ behavior most people acknowledge is harmful. And as a rule, when you hear such arguments it is safe to assume that they are largely dung. There are simply people who desperately, DESPERATELY need to force other people to behave they way they ‘ought’.
It doesn’t matter whether it is Fundamentalist Christians trying to force Gay people to act straight, or Gay people trying to force Fundamentalist Christians to act accepting. It doesn’t even matter if the behavior one group or another is good behavior. This those try to coerce instead of persuade are vermin, with the exception of coercing people to cease clear and demonstrable physical harm. And that exception should be subject to periodic scrutiny.
The two English articles, about the ‘brothel’ and the cleaner, are disconcerting. In some parts of England, such as Merseyside, the law tolerates such activities. I’m not at all clear why the interpretation of the law should be so different in the south. In particular, the cleaner who goes to the assistance of someone who has collapsed, yet finds herself arraigned on a charge is very strange, if the report is anyway correct. I get the feeling that England is being infected by a strain of morality which is totally out of keeping with everyday opinion.
The story about the cleaner has made the national news, complete of course with a lurid photo:
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/70-year-old-cleaner-tried-save-mans-life-police-arrested-brothel-keeping/
The article about sexting is unintentionally hilarious and someday will be looked upon like the movie “Reefer Madness.”
In my closet I have a folder of old notes from high school than a girl and I used to write back-and-forth to each other. We’d slip them in each other’s lockers between classes. This went on for a full school year, and after a while we made it into a sort of art form, with drawings, poetry, and song lyrics included.
But..they’re also full of sexual innuendo or out-and-out sex talk. At the time I was 15 and she was 14. This was the pre-Smart Phone version of sexting. Today, they’d probably prosecute us for this “crime.” We grew up reasonably well-adjusted and successful, though. She was an honor society student and I got into college early. If only we’d know we should have been put on a registry or thrown in jail!!!