Prostitution is often described as “the world’s oldest profession”. It has always existed and, despite efforts to crack down on prostitution across the ages, it hasn’t gone away. Advocates of legalising prostitution argue that granting legal status would provide better protection to sex workers, improving both their safety and public health and safety in general.
In many countries in the EU, prostitution itself is legal (or, at least, decriminalised) but is unregulated, and sex workers cannot operate out of brothels. However, the situation varies dramatically between Member States, with prostitution remaining illegal in some EU countries but legalised and regulated right across the border in neighbouring states (such as Croatia and Slovenia, or Lithuania and Latvia).
We had a comment sent in by Akosi, arguing that European governments, and the European Union, should do more to protect prostitutes, including preventing women from being forced into sexual exploitation.
To get a response, we spoke to Mariska Majoor, a former sex worker and founder of the Prostitution Information Center (PIC) in Amsterdam, an NGO providing information and raising public awareness about sex workers.
I totally agree with Akosi. First of all, it’s not all about trafficking – some prostitutes are trafficked and others choose this profession. But for both groups it’s absolutely important that they have a legal status. Because when you have a legal status you can stand up for your rights, you are safer, and you can actually go to the police when you have a problem, instead of running away from them because you are doing something illegal.
So, personal safety, good working conditions, hygiene, etc., is all in the hands of the government and dependent on the legal status of prostitution. So, yes, the government is the party that must act to make things better for sex workers, to help them or to give them more rights and better working circumstances.
People always worry about sex workers, and absolutely sometimes you should, but the only way to help them is when they are visible and not afraid of you. And as long as prostitution is illegal in many countries in the world, it is very difficult to reach out to sex workers.
We also spoke to Mary Honeyball, a British Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who sits with the Social Democrats. In 2014, Honeyball wrote a report on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality for the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. In the report (which was subsequently adopted by the European Parliament) she recommended following the so-called “Nordic Model”, in which selling sex is legalised but purchasing it is criminalised.
It’s important to point out that Honeyball’s report was non-binding because the European Union does not legislate on social policy. In fact, we had a comment from Jovan arguing that it would never be realistic for legislation around prostitution to be decided at the EU level, because Member States’ policies are far too different for a ‘one size fits all’ basis.
What would Mary Honeyball say?
Well, he’s absolutely right that social policy is a matter for Member States. However, there are elements of prostitution which are quite clearly cross-border. Trafficking is one of them, for example, which is why the EU has introduced a Directive against trafficking… There are also really quite striking examples in some of the borders between EU countries. For instance, the border between Sweden and Denmark, where in Sweden the Nordic Model is used whereas in Denmark prostitution is legal, and there’s a lot of traffic across the border. There are cross-border issues like that which need to be dealt with. So, it’s not quite as straightforward as saying that dealing with prostitution is social policy and therefore solely for Member States, because there are also cross-border dimensions.
Regardless, there are clearly different attitudes to prostitution across Europe. By granting legal status to prostitutes, but criminalises their clients, could the “Nordic Model” be a compromise solution? What did Mariska Majoor think about this model?
So, this model would encourage the sex worker – him or her – to go underground, to work invisibly in order to be able to protect the customer. Pushing sex workers underground and making them invisible means making it more dangerous for them. This whole model would only create more danger for the sex worker, the very person that it sets out to protect. In reality, it would have precisely the opposite effect.
How would Mary Honeyball respond?
Also, the counter to this argument is that the women themselves won’t be criminalised. It will be the men who are criminalised. So, I’m not quite certain why women have so much to fear from the Swedish model, because they will actually not be the ones in any way committing any sort of criminal offence. So, another interpretation is that it will be a lot better for the women, because they would not be criminalised as they currently are in many countries.
Should prostitution be legalised across Europe? Let us know your thoughts and comments in the form below, and we’ll take them to policymakers and experts for their reactions!
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That is up to the individual countries within Europe not for an unelected collection of bureaucrats to decide..
As they say, one size does not fit all.
@Ivan Burrows
Agreed.
You are mistaken, it is always the Council, representing the Member State Governments, representing their people that make any such decisions; not the EU civil servants.
Who are the elected bureacrats? The Council of elected government ministers or the directly elected European parliamentarians . LEARN WHO DECIDES IN THE EU your ignorance is shameful.
Absolutely.
I dont Think so
Why not?
Of course it should…advantages are everywhere.
I think so…
Of course!! Besides the health concern that we have now, then they would all be tested and of course think of the boost from taxes and tourism!
After 3000 years. I would say. Yes
I gotta go with Carlin on this one, why it is illegal to sell something when you can get for free?
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while everyone else is talking about stopping crimes against women it is disturbing to see so many people on here saying the biggest crime against women should be made legal..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfNekxvtbs
Why is it a crime when they are not even forced on to this?
What takes place under the shadows of illegality is more difficult to control. Sex, in whatever form or for whatever reason between consenting adults is a private matter. But protection against coercion, violence and abuse is a public priority.
And the very basis of LIBERALISM.
I think this decission should be taken by prostitutes and not by their customers (the politicians)… the day i see prostitutes in the congress then i would take this question seriously.
Paige Barclay might be useful?
And who can guarantee that these woman’s are not forced. All they says that is thir will… But it happens that the majority of woman’s that do prostitution are forced ore by the economy ore from someone…
Using another person’s body for self gratification not for love is the utmost humiliation and disrespect of that person
Should the European Commission be dismissed for dealing only with stupidities?
Yes i do think that prostitution should be legal. The legalization should substantially reduce the criminal element Prostitution should be a recognized profession where the individual may receive the benefits as any any worker does. The stigma has done enough damage
Yes.
1. Taxes & tourism 2. Healthier for the clients 3. Protection by the law against violence both of clients and employers. YES. ???????????!
I dont see why not.
Well, ILlegalizing it doesn’t seem to work.
Absolutely yes!
well since EC staff in Brussels is using them so extensively why not even make it tax deductable :-). and i am serious…
No I don’t agree. It speed
A.I D S
I want to say yes, but i’m afraid that legalization of prostitution bring a very competitive business and turn women and men into objects – more than it is today. Just look to Amsterdam and see that they have men and women in shop windows. I would like to think that human beings are more that a product with one price. But today prostitution isn’t legal in some countries, and that didn’t changed nothing. Prohibition isn’t the path. Unfortunately legalization is a dangerous path too. Basically this option will open path that isn’t good for human dignity and pimps, simply, will become traders. I don’t support the argument that underground business will ended. Simply they will become legal business.
In my humble opinion if yes will prevail we need to create good conditions to this and educate to avoid prostitution.It seems contradictory but it is not. Creating good conditions will create security for both parts (prostitutes and clients) and it will help to improve health conditions. Nevertheless education will help too. I want the kids know, but avoid prostitution. Education is the best tool.
You are right, i like yours
Not legal, not ilegal.
A private matter should not be under law. A violation of a private matter should have law protection.
Not consensual selling dogs or having sex are not consensual, so, the law should rule the rignts violated envolved.
Prostitution is about consensual sex, does not matter if it is payed or not.
You buy stuff to your wife; is she your prostitute?
Your comparison is quite far-fetched: the few windows in Amsterdam do not reflect the slightest the situation of prostitution in the Netherlands.
If that will force them to pay taxes and not funding the mafia then yes, at the moment all the profit is going streight to the mafia/criminals.
@Dani Alexandrov
Interesting perspective.
No mention of the significant number of prostitutes that are coerced to be prostitutes eh!
Taxes are charge by another kind of mafia. An elected one. Is the same.
If legalized and supervised prostitution would be safer for sex workers and their clients so I think it should be a wise decision
Here goes. The legality issue has to do with all “prohibitions” that just create an underground market of criminals who are then free to exploit whatever is “prohibited”. When do politicians learn this? Remember prohibition in America? And all the alcohol barons? The mafia? Remember?
OK. So, the answer is – decriminalize prostitution. This is different from legalizing it, so these women have recourse in the legal system. Do the politicians need me to draw a simple picture?
As for the tax deduction mentioned above by Karel Van Isacker, I would agree but only if used for clinical purposes… like… no, I am not going there…
The prostitution is a sin, because of that its incomes are under cursed. The EU should be free and blessed place.
Sin are not a crime under the law. So, does not matter if you think it is a sin.
Nobody vote for muslin leaders or popes, so, religions are not democratic. And nobody want anti-democratic people deciding their lives.
Stereotypical photo.
If regulated (for safety purposes)…yes, it should be legal.
It would be safer and keep the Ladies out of Mafia Hands !
Yes, when proxenetism is exterminated. But then its not prostitution. Know it by examples.
Women can pay for a pampering body massage on a holiday cruise ship, this is them paying for someone else to give them a pleasurable experience..so men want to pay someone for a different pleasurable experience, what is the difference?
Everything that is bad and seedy about prostitution is because it is illegal and driven underground. Have legal, licensed brothels which are regulated and monitored and 99% of the dark side of the trade will disappear
As far as the Nordic Model where “selling sex is legalised but purchasing it is criminalised” is a complete legal farce. What else in the world can two people do where they are both engaged in the same act but one is doing it legally and the other illegally?
Yes, please.
Ether way, there will always be pimps and hoes.
YOUR RIGHT !!!
Legal already in many EU states
This is up to member states and not a matter for EU policy. In my opinion, prostitution itself should not be illegal. Forcing people into prostitution or exploiting prostitutes should be.
I’m for legalization. There are fiscal benefits, but mainly it’s better for the individuals involved in these activities. Their rights matter. And leaving this activity in the dark isn’t helping anyone except mafia types. I know some will invoke morals. But we all know you can try to stop supply, but that won’t stop the demand. So, either we carry on helping some truly vile people, or we choose progress and human rights.
No comment
Legalized and heavily controlled, yes. This way women(and men) have their rights, and human trafficking is stopped. It will provide a safer means for those who choose to practice it, contribute to their future pension, more tax revenue and mafias are out of business.
That question sounds terrible . Prostitution legalized ! Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
It doesn’t matter if prostitution is legal or illegal, people trafficking will always be illegal and unfortunately, will probably always go on.
Basically your argument is totally flawed, the difference with making prostitution open, legal and regulated is that “trafficked” people could not be employed and there will therefore be less opportunity and incentive for those involved in the exploitation of these people
You can’t destroy prostitution. Don’t be so naive to think that you can destroy a profession that has been around for as long as mankind exists.
Beyond that you seem to be confusing prostitution with human trafficking. Human trafficking is based on terror and crime, not prostitution itself.
You talk a lot about victims. But you don’t seem to care much about those victims. After all, you can only help them if you can find them. If it’s illegal, it will just move underground, thus making it more difficult to help victims. So if you would really care so much about those victims, you’d rather want to keep them in your sight so you can offer them help, rather than shoving them under the carpet so you don’t have to look at it.
And FYI, if the EU states that 30.164 people were registered as victims of human trafficking, and 69% of those were victims of sexual exploitation, that means that 20,800 are victims of sexual exploitation.
If you consider the fact that Holland alone already has that many sex workers, and it’s one of the smallest countries in Europe, you realize how small that group is compared to those who are not victims.
Beyond that, each country has a different definition of human trafficking. In some European countries sex workers are by default counted as victims of trafficking, because they don’t believe sex work can be done without coercion and exploitation. And since different countries use different definition of human trafficking, those statistics you mention are useless.
My girlfriend is a prostitute in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. She is Romanian, and she knows many of the girls that work here. I can tell you, human trafficking is really not as big as the media and some politicians often try and make it look like.
Research among sex workers in Amsterdam show that only between 8-10% of the sex workers are victims, much less than in most other countries where prostitution is illegal. So try and beat that!
Why not, also drugs. No more crime, i hope
http://eblanademocraticmove.blogspot.ie/2014/12/a-sex-purchase-ban-across-europe.html?m=1.
Yep
It is up to each country to decide….
Yeah that and make sure you have their tubes tied and give them vasectomies problem solved
Yes, it needs to be in the open, and properly controlled. !!!!
Of course it should be legalized…and they should pay taxes too !
Big nooo but any member country who wants to must do so
Gosh!! Another fortress to fall… in anti tax-evading campaign… (after politicians and politics -the second oldest profession-)
Yes, it should be decriminalised (not legalised, which is different)!
Yes.
Whatever isn’t legalized remains out of control and sunk into corruption…….
Yes
Let’s make the poor a commodity… No. There should be limits. Prostitution and selling organs should just be banned.
Prostitution is a modern slavery, should help all prostitutes (women and men) !
yes
Legalize everything so there won’t be crimes anymore. Very intelligent
Yes
the right question is how to deal with prostitution and how to remove this from a society i wounder why you guys raise the question weather it should be legalized or not ?
It’s the only way to provide conditions and rights to sex workers, and to face the outrageous and growing problem of human trafficking and exploration. But as in many Corruption and Illicit business that involve EU high officials aas low rank I’m sure and Wealthy people, the best thing is to leave it is.
Yes! It always existed why keep it illgal?! It z a job. Men can do too! It will be safer cleaner correct conditions.. horrible it MUST be LEGAL!
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Lets see! What has happened in Holland? Has legalised prostitution improved the society in any way? Or, we could look at Las Vegas. They have cat houses that are legal. Start looking at those who have taken the steps to legalise it and learn from their experience.
Regardless of these outcomes, what should happen is the heavy hand of extreme senteneces should be enforced on those dealing with underage boys and girls. Rent boys and prostitutes in my country are now as young as 11, most of whom live in the care of the state. Hence the horrendous situation we have with Pakistani and other Asian men using our children to make money by kidnapping and selling them on to their friends for underage sex. The bottom of which they have not got to yet. Additionally, these men and their families must be deported back to their country of origin as quite clearly they cannot understand or live by the rules of a Western society. The idea this is acceptable runs right though their close family members. It will also resolve the humanity issue of their ‘right to family life.’ They won’t need to be here in Europe or the UK if their extended relations go back home with them. Remove all rights to a European or British passport. You want to stop the rot, then have the guts to do what is necessary.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10109139/Police-and-social-workers-must-recognise-issue-of-sexual-grooming-by-Pakistani-men-MPs.html
Can anyone please explain to me why these people should have the right to remain in our contries, at tax payers expense, when all we wanted was good workers? Or, so they told us.
LE FRANC MONDIAL c’est fait pour tuer les marges abusives des transactions de manire global et la prostitution qui dcoule des aberrations de l conomie a principes transactionel
The EU is once more ‘incrementally’ (but deliberately) conquering Members territory- playing EU bedroom politics!
Since there is no positive result or present solution that any law on earth & its enforcement reduced or eliminated this “industry” anywhere- be they the most liberal or restrictive ones- begs for a change of approach.
Why does homo sapiens man not admit liability that since Adam or Abraham most are burdened by the sinister forces of the genetically transmitted hormonal urge of (unethical) propagation- developed out of control & profane. Recognized as the oldest vice or trade- it should accordingly be officially recognized as such and elevated to a trade and registered as a taxable business with special requirements. With the aim to remove it from streets, public, bushes, pimps and traffickers and safeguard & tax all willing traders.
Surely, gifted entrepreneurs like Sir Richard would be very capable to create a clean addition to his Virgin Active gyms- a Virgin sex gym! Married man-in contrast to bachelors- could be saddled with a double bill and a tax invoice copy sent to their wife’s attention. This might solve the weakness of some infidel married man folks and teach them some faithful and moral manners!
http://www.theprisma.co.uk/2014/04/27/europe-divided-over-the-legalisation-of-prostitution/
ONLY if the women/men who are doing it are regularly being asked if they do it fully voluntarily. It will be high maintenance but the sex-workers deserve this. The ones who are not voluntarily doing it should be protected and the people who are forcing them should get much higher punishments for it. Sex-workers should also have all the same benefits as all other employees and maybe it would be necessary to employ them in regional bonds that take care of them. Only then prostitution could be legalised
and many European places man is more discriminated agains that women by any lack of solidarity policies there is no law that local policies public abuse their governace with the vulnerable people are men or women we are entitled to constitutional rights of their state national and European law Europe has a moral to by the end of social terrorism that exist in some parts of Europe went back to the women´s debate I support the legalization of prostitution in Europe is necessary to improve the security system within the large European urban centers to legalize prostitution better society
This should be strictly a matter of the nation-state. For there are still prevalent human trafficking, sexual exploitation of women in poorer regions of Europe. Consider the overall unequality of economy and human right condition among EU nations, a wholesale program usually make things worse.
No, it shouldn’t, as it would send the message that it is all right and moral. Why are you using a picture of a pair of feet in high heels for this debate, by the way? You are aware that not everyone wearing high heels is a prostitute?
But who has the authority to decide that it is immoral?
Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and I assume the “immoral” claim is based on some religious grounds?
…….and we’ve already had the discussion on here about whether people should keep their beliefs to themselves…
No, it is not about religious beliefs, Paul, it is about a general social consensus and ethics. It is using women as sexual objects and a lot of them are slaves or are being trafficked. That should not be encouraged. More than half the population are female, so, if you went with the majority still it would not be legalised, I don’t think.
Yvetta
I agree that sexual slavery and trafficking are disgusting crimes but my opinion is (and many others on here seem to agree), if you bring prostitution out into the open and regulate it this will reduce these crimes not encourage more
Also looking at the responses on here it’s probably 50/50 for and against so it cannot be claimed that there is a majority morally objecting to prostitution
Without wanting to sexually stereotype things I think we have to accept that most women object to prostitution and most men agree with it. However much feminists want to emasculate men you can never change their attitude to sex, it is “in the Jeans (sic)” so to speak and as prostitution has been around since the dawn of time it is not going to disappear in the foreseeable future, the best option is to get it out of the back alleys and into the open where it can at least be regulated
I used to think like you, Paul, until I watched a programme about a beautiful girl from the Netherlands that had been forced into prostitution by her own boyfriend in Amsterdam, where it is legal. She had also turned to drugs to cope with the situation…I don’t think things are as they seem and I also don’t think it is about sex. People can get someone for free at their local nightclub. It is more about the exploitation of women to me. And, this debate shouldn’t be taken as an indication of the entire population’s beliefs. Legalised or not, prostitution will always remain out of the mainstream and part of the underworld connected to illegal activity.
So, it is a legal matter: “But for both groups it’s absolutely important that they have a legal status. Because when you have a legal status you can stand up for your rights, you are safer, and you can actually go to the police when you have a problem, instead of running away from them because you are doing something illegal.”
When it comes to rights, the State (government) exists to SECURE the people’s rigths, not to create them: “when you have a legal status you can stand up for your rights”, and the security is that feeling that your are a person on your rights and the government respects you.
When you “go to the police when you have a problem, instead of running away from them because you are doing something illegal” means the government assures your safety with the police.
Prostitution is more a biological force than an economic asset or activity.
All demanded rights here are for citizens, independently of its economic activity.
Health is for people, not for professions.
YES – for taxation purposes YES also to prostitutes getting regular health checks, for obvious social reasons.
Prostitution should not only be legalised in Europe, but should be well organised in terms of social security and access to everything that is needed tot be able to work in a healthy and independent way.
If the person does it voluntary and her/his rights are respected…Why should the state intervene?
criminalize buying, legalize selling.. that is the system system
Of course, it will never stop, so why not tax it…
no, it’s better if it keeps illegal, so, crappy guys could exploit girls, keep them as slaves, don’t pay taxes (so, they can avoid paying A LOT of money -prostitution, sadly, moves billions of ?), and don’t gave them access to health system…
Also, that guys could invest their illegal money in weapons and drugs business (so, your sons maybe are not paying prostitutes, but they could enjoy illegal weapons and drugs). They make EU better, more funny (yes, you can die, but the risk makes life interesting).
PS: just being sarcastic, of course I think it should be legal: no slavery, no human trafficking, girls could be legal and pay taxes, contribute to the health systems and have access to them.
yes.
Yes
Yes, it should.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_by_country
When EU will be done with human trafficking, THEN legalization of prostitution will be a fair debatable issue.
yes, as it would drastically reduce the STDs incidence and will give the girls control over the situation; I mean, we all know that, legally or not, it is there, if it is legalized/decriminalized, it will occur in an controled environment, at least
Yes
I’m against. Prostitution is illegal and must stay illegal. I have heard people working in pornography cannot do another job when they retire so immagine prostitutes. how can she find a honest job when it is written “prostitute” in her cv?
After that we have to keep in mind that humans are not a merchandise to be sell (and it is not in legitimate crappy guys who sell women that we will be able to fight them). The right of women and men and also their dignity must be preserved or our respective constitutions are nonsense.
Maybe they should put “Relief Technician” on their CV instead of prostitute?
The question is stupid and outdated: The catastrophic situation 10 years after the legalisation of prostitution in Germany (2002): massive influx of trafficked slaves from poor countries, violence, murder, drugs. “Flatrate-brothels” where women are locked up to serve up to 20 Johns a day, police trade unions and hospitals write petitions that they can’t handle the situation any more. “Clients” want sex with minors and without condoms – and get it, because the intimidated women don’t dare going to the police: their jailers just take away the passports. Now a lukewarm new law shall help – but again the police is not allowed to make razzias unannounced. As long as the BUYING of prostitution is not criminalized, nothing will change. In our society any lowlife can get sex with CONSENTING women in sleazy bars, there is absolutely no need for prostitution. If you don’t believe me, google the charities Terre des Femmes, Solwodi or Femen Germany.
absolutely, in order to prevent human trafficking and all the criminality which comes from that (drugs, weapons et cetera)
It is not the government’s job. We have to decide. If the prostitutes’ rights are respected,I ask why not? If somebody looks good why couldn’t she/he use her/his body? When we use our brains,we use a part of our body. Prostitue’s use another part of…
Oh and another reason:
When somebody pays for sex it is illegal.
When somebody pays for sex and let it to be recorded,it is legal…
I wanna live in an open-minded country,in an open-minded Europe.
Absolutely YES.
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Legalised Prostitution does not reduce crime.
Legalisation means that the state imposes regulations under which women can be prostituted.
In effect, regulation means that under certain conditions it is permissible to exploit and abuse women.
Would you legalise child labour providing there was medical cover & a minimum wage ?
http://www.womenssupportproject.co.uk/content/prostitution/205,172/
yes
Of course and pay taxes like everybody else !!
Definetely. People, we are in the XXI Century, and it’s really sad that girls and boys, don’t count them off this debate, have to go through this alone and unsafely.
Yes, it’s true that some of them do this voluntary, but the reality shows that the majority is undergoing human trafficking.
If we have a little european civic sense, we must raise the awareness about this topic.
I do believe it should. It would stop the exploitation of women in another level, and maybe this way diseases might be prevented because everyone would have to be checked out.
Legalise and put a framework in place to stop the pimping.
Lele Peirano
That question sounds terrible . Prostitution legalized ! Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
Agreed. Those statistics are brutal.
Yes!
European values …
I do believe it should be approved indeed!
What amazes me is, where do some blokes have all that money from, so they can afford to spend it on paying for sex?
So, what’s the price, Eberhard?
Yes
Yes
An you should get retirement found on it to. To ban it will only make it go under ground.
Yes
I think yes.
Thus this industry is not at all what I like to even discuss about, but there is no other way than to legalize it. This industry wont disappear anywhere.
Definetely NO!
It should never become legalised. We made this mistake in The Netherlands and now experience how wrong that has went. We need to counter trafficking first, but not close our eyes for prostitution at the same time. We have tolerated it for much too long. Not only does it attract criminality, it also shows how denegrating we can be towards women. In no way this helps in women empowerment or emancipation. It as an evil which needs to be outcasted asap.
Maybe you should help this debate by explaining how things have gone wrong in the Netherlands?
Is it just trafficking? Has criminality and trafficking got worse since prostitution became legal or is it just more visible and better detected now ?
Maybe if you have some statistics it would help?
No it should not legalised. We need to send out a clear message that it is not ok to buy human bodies for sexual gratification. By legalising it we are legitimating it. A simple question to ask yourself – would you be happy if your son or daughter or brother or sister was prostituting themself everyday of the week? I think most people ansewring honestly would have a major concern about that – to say the least.
yes
Yes
Answer this question – would you be happy with your son or daughter, or brother or sister prostituting themselves everyday of the week, with countless men using their bodies for sexual gratification? I think not.
Not good
No
yes
no
From the moral perspective it probably shouldn’t, but i think that there is no other way to lower the chance of sexual abuse or forced prostitution.
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Odd that you run a pro legalise prostitution & exploration post around international woman’s day.
But judging by most of the posts on here paying for it seems preferable to a ‘relationship’ amongst most of your contributors.
Yes. Prostitution is a job like any other.
Hm
Yes.
Yes but not that many as now ….. People need that other why we have rapes !!!!
subsidized! free sex for all!:D
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Europeans would treat woman as a ? on a balance sheet like cattle ?
I thank god I’m not ‘European’.
I thought on the phone or not root at all right now and then I can do it for a few seconds to the other parts of the city San Francisco Bay window to front and rear gardens and a half years ago and I will be in the UK and Ireland destinations only a few days ago by the way to get the best way to get the best way to get the best way to get the best way to get the best way to get the best way to get the best way to go on the phone or not root at all right now but it would be nice if you are looking for a few seconds to the other parts of the city
Yes. Reasons? Oldest profesion, better control – helps to avoid white meat market, health – register of customers through personal ID, taxes
Yeah
Absllutelly Yes, there are no other possibilities !
jmsa
Eurpa mr gy is a prostitcibl l.T
why is it illegal, in the first place?
I don’t know…I think a deep study of the phenomenon should be taken into consideration on several aspects before taking a decision.
Yep, cut out the pimps, disease, and human traffickers all together
probably yes but i think that member states should have the power to decide for those thinks
yes. …and I agree with Loc Diels.
Yes, especially during a recession
Prostitution should de leglised, and prostitutes should be activated under the provisions of law. Above all they should enjoy a respectfull behavior from the whole society. But we must focus our efforts on fighting human trafficking for sexual exploitation, so called modern day slavery.
Yes.
Never prostitution is very bad to health.
Yes.
No, it’s better if it keeps illegal, so, crappy guys could exploit girls, keep them as slaves, don’t pay taxes (so, they can avoid paying A LOT of money -prostitution, sadly, moves billions of €), and don’t gave them access to health system…
Also, that guys could invest their illegal money in weapons and drugs business (so, your sons maybe are not paying prostitutes, but they could enjoy illegal weapons and drugs). They make EU better, more funny (yes, you can die, but the risk makes life interesting).
PS: just being sarcastic, of course I think it should be legal: no slavery, no human trafficking, girls could be legal and pay taxes, contribute to the health systems and have access to them.
[Edit -add] For those who compare it with child labour: you cannot ensure that prostitution is not going to happen, but, luckily, of course you can (and have to) ensure that a child is not going to be working during the day, because of children MUST (legally) be in the school at school-time, so (if they are registered), you can know if they are at school or not), but with an adult, you have no way to control it, you cannot control where they are, if they are or not working, etc…
Also, probably there is not a child labour problem in EU, and we cannot make laws another areas of the world, maybe, as a consumers, the only thing we could do is just to stop buying the (i.e.) clothes you know come from countries who allow child labour.
Yes, because prostitution is a legal way to earn money and there is a need for it.
Alf v.Eller Hortobagy
independent
political
advisor
Sure
Prostitution should be eliminated, but we must find a way to protect women from rape after that change.
If we dont do that! in europe all the women are going to have problem to be raped!!!
Iman Fozveh
It’s the oldest profession on earth… legalised, regulated, limited to those who have and are paid social security for healthcare and education… that’s how women can achieve a major development
si
Yes
Yes and drugs also because it will be no black money and the prices will drop and there will be no criminals
What kind of madness is this world coming into?
Yes it must be legalized.
I dont like bitches but sometimes they are forced to live
This is a hard question. Should be helpful to keep it under control but not more..
No Never
never! prostitution is slavery, sexual and cultural!
Yes so that the girls are at least protected
No, it undervalues sex. Sex is meant to between 2 people with mutual respect. Where’s the respect in prostitution? Men need to respect women and their bodies. How can a man respect sex if it can just go and pay for it? By paying for it, he thinks she owes him. Sex isn’t meant to be like that. Prostitution is completely degrading for women. The vi bents about saying prostitution is ok or else women will get raped is ridiculous. Women should not get raped by men. Men need to cop themselves on and control themselves. How would you feel if that was your sister or mother?
“Men need to cop themselves on and control themselves” Spoken like a true feminist who has no idea about male sexuality
Women need to “cop themselves on” and understand that men can enjoy sex without emotional attachment
DECRIMINALIZE prostitution and CRIMINALIZE the “prostitution exploiters”.
The picture shows a facet of prostitution which is an abomination!
Would anyone like to see their sister or their cousin in a picture window?
Very degrading.
No, never.
Yes
Thats a very very very disrespectful thing for a woman to do… feminists, where are you now…
Yes.
How about we stay out of the business and concentrate on people on yourself
No. Would any of you saying “yes” want this form of employment for your daughter, your niece??? Follow Sweden’s example by making the prostitutes the victims. Read this article: http://justicewomen.com/cj_sweden.html.
vamos taxar as ptas
Yes
It is already.;)
Of course it should be legalized. In fact most women already act like prostitutes when they only want a man for husband who makes good money so they can spend it.
At least the Gov will take VAT for the service.
You guys want to ruin Albanian economy legalizing prostitution ?
Only if they offer a free service, yes.
Payment by donation.
Nadia Kurosaki – what do you have to say?
Yes of course! This means the State will receive money from a flourishing illegal business. On other hand some people need these kind of sevices. They are not criminals.
Yes of course! This means the State will receive money from a flourishing illegal business. On other hand some people need these kind of sevices. They are not criminals.
Of course, the problem isnt going away
Of course, the problem isnt going away
100%
100%
Yes….
No !!!!
No !!!!
illegally is better for mafia…
illegally is better for mafia…
what kind of prostitution? Political prostitution is world wide!
what kind of prostitution? Political prostitution is world wide!
Just because someone might not agree with it, they have no right to stop any woman or man from doing it.
Lot’s of people have a problem with sex shops, I’m sure they wouldn’t want their kids working there, but that’s no reason to make it illegal.
Give people a choice, a real choice and give them health benefits, a steady pay and security.
This is a non-issue for gods sake
Just because someone might not agree with it, they have no right to stop any woman or man from doing it.
Lot’s of people have a problem with sex shops, I’m sure they wouldn’t want their kids working there, but that’s no reason to make it illegal.
Give people a choice, a real choice and give them health benefits, a steady pay and security.
This is a non-issue for gods sake
Never! It s not a way of living! And if it is shame on us….
Absolutely… Is this a rhetoric question or what?
NO …
Yes ! Those women deserve all the legal rights that any worker has. So i am all for legalising it. Also it will end the exploitation by pimps and so on !
Absolutely Yes!
Marco Caputo Efi Koutroumanou
Yes
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no way
Sure!
Hpe ths dnt become a human trafficking strategy and as it will require goods and service i hpe ur children wont become whores to at the same time so wth me i dnt knw wht to say really i feel its the end of a new beggining.
Yes
prostitution is legalised, not everywhere protected !
lol yes
hoes gotta eat
yes!
YES
YES!
Sure!!
Non.
Prostitutes should pay taxes and social contributions just like any other working man/woman.
La prostituzione il cosiddetto mestiere pi antico del mondo, ma anche ci su cui si fonda il mercenariato di tutti gli altri mestieri, anche per questa ragione la prostituzione non sar mai abolita.
Yes!!
Of course
Now this is a great question!
Banned or not it exists from hundreds of years. Let’s make it legal.
Yes.
yes
yes.
Depends on what do you want to solve or improve with the legal status of the phenomenon..
Of course it should be legalized. Responsible and keen entrepreneurs should never be restricted, but guided through their journey. Just keep it at the level of an entrepreneur and everything will be fine.
Whenever an individual is free to sell their bodily performances themself and get the whole payment for themself (minus taxes of course), the whole thing is greenlit from my end. This includes physical contact and visual-only performances, no matter how you combine them.
If a company wants to regulate this function, I lit furious maximus red because this entails just more problems than there already are.
If you want to legalize prostitution, then women, don’t complain about harrasment or wonder why men see you as objects instead of persons.
Yes. Sure!
Yes of course it should be!
Hard question my ass… Yeeees
yup
Yes it should!
The question isn’t should we or should we not have prostitution because we have always had it. The question is should it be a legal business like every other where we can test the sex workers for diseases, insure both prompt payment to them and regular testing for the customers, mandate condom use, collect taxes etc… or should we let it go on underground, controlled by a criminal element, and cause various instances of forced prostitution? I vote for the legal way as the lesser of the two evils. We have various things like smoking and drinking legalized which we don’t wish our kids or family members will do because to make them illegal has greater social ills. This is no different.
It is legal, Europeans are getting shafted by the banks and only they are taking interest.
There is a whole system needed from taxes to protection of the interested parties. Both physical and intellectual( e.g. privacy, exploitation, dignity). Nevertheless THIS SHOULD BE A LEGIT OCUPATION!
Y E S !
It should be legal everywhere
Eso siempre existir
Should be legal globally.
The real question is should the EU rule all social issues across Europe? The core idea of being part of the EU is that each country /EU Member State (EU MS) can strengthen its potentialities in order to offer a better life for its own citizens. It makes no sense trying to create European rules and laws for everything, and especially regarding social issue, which are deeply ingrained in local/national as well as private belief. Obviously any trafficking such as trafficking in Human Beings or slavery should be addressed at the EU level, but the question about the prostitution goes beyond these issues. What is at stake ? The freedom of each society to agree on what should be and what should not be morally accepted ane even regularised. If in The Netherlands prostitution is legal, why Cyrpus, Portugal nor Germany would say anything about it?
And even more, the so-called Nordic model is not valid according to me. Prostitution is above all a business, so it responds to the same pattern as any legal business which is the supply/demand relationship. By punishing demand you cannot avoid the problem. The best example is the consumption of illicit drugs. In most of the EU countries the purchasing of drugs is illegal, but does it really work! The answer is quite clear for all of us. The so-called Nordic(Swedish) model is just inviting potential Swedish purchaser to go to a neighbouring country like Denmark to buy these services. Europe cannot rule morality, that’s why each nation still has its own sovereignty, we may reach a common agreement in order to fine-tune a sound managment of prostitution services, but if some EU MS wants to legalize prostitution and other doesn’t, why the EU should impose any of these 2 options. The EU must strengthen our countries ad extra, and regularise and harmonize legislation to foster economic growth and prosperity ad intra level. We do not need an administrative clearance to determine if prostitution is moral or not, but we need administrative support to fight against any trafficking or abuse, but these are 2 separate questions. Maybe we should redefine the scope of the debate: should the EU fight against forced prostitution? In that case the answer would be naturally yes, but if the question is should the EU define what is morally acceptable, I must say No thanks!
Morally i don’t agree with what they are doing, but i’m 32 so already “old” and “outdated”.
The new generation seems more open minded about sex so i say why not.
All studies show prostitution *WILL* happen anyway, at least let’s make it legal and give these people legal protection and worker rights.
I still won’t go near one but at least those that do will no longer feel guilty of taking advantage of women who are trafficked by dubious mobsters.
Sweden’s “solution” of criminalizing MEN only , is dumb and DEFINITELY not the right way to go. I seriously wonder what is wrong with that country…
We hebben allemaal veel van Nederland leren.
No. Love can not be saled, it should be a secret thing. The bond between people they like each others.
Off course, your body, your rules.
way not it existing from history
everybody who is for prostitution – sent your sister or wife on it!
There needs to be a distinction between the two types of prostitution – voluntary and forced. Sex is not a crime, but rape is. Forced prostitution is like a repeated rape, benefiting a criminal who gets the money from the girls he exploits as slaves. This should be banned because it is a crime. Both pimps and clients should be persecuted by law for taking part in it.
Voluntary prostitution is different – it is a matter of choice for the woman, therefore is not a crime. It should be legalised and regulated, sex workers should have rights like other workers and also pay their taxes. There is no need for moral stigmas on this issue. Everyone chooses their profession, some choose prostitution. This should be respected but slave exploitation must remain illegal and punishable by law.
This is a very complex issue. I think it should definitely be regulated but I think it would be better if countries would coordinate to do so to prevent problems of trafficking and relocation (call effect?).
No, because it has a very negative effect on other women, who are not working in the sex industry. Every woman is aware of this. And there is even research backing this, as is mentioned in the book “Living Dolls: the return of sexism”. That research showed that violence against women in the communities went up, where sex industry related institutions were established. I want to add that I have been travelling around on my own, and even though a reasonably good looking woman, I was never harrassed. I used to think that this was due to me being tall. But since “50 Shades of Grey” was released, I had been harrassed by two men, independently on two different days, dressed in business suits in the parking lot of the local supermarket of my hometown.
Only sad old men & pimps would say yes.
Should be either legalised or forbidden.But deffinitely a regulation is needed
Yes
It,s very important for people who work in ( men, women & children)= grey zone
Again, an internal matter for sovereign nations.
Yes.
No, it’s immoral. If men and women wish to exchange money for sexual favours, it’s up to them. But it should be private. No advertising, no soliciting.
Yes. It needs regulation and sex workers need protection.
Of course. People are free to use their bodies as they wish, including for sex, either paid or not. Individuals and their bodies are not public property that the government can boss around.
Yes, exactly – children
There are some places in the world ,children work in this job:(
Did you not hear?!
In Africa? Middle East? China? South America?
EU budget need extra income?
Most prostitutes do not prostitute themselves by choice, but by necessity, lack of opportunities, they deserve a society where they have opportunities, real help, not perpetuate the problem..
Yes ,of course !
Yes, without a doubt
i find we need a unit EU answer
Yes if you don’t it goes under ground
Yes!
A regulation is needed but never legalisated. Women must be protected.
Yes, who is anyone to tell anyone what they can or can’t do with their own body? Legal or illegal, it’s still gonna be there.
Legal of course ! Medical assistance, issue of invoices and pay taxes like everyone else !!
Yes :) extra taxes are always welcome
Absolutely yes
Yes, but with regulations.
Yes why not.
yes …
Of course; it should have never been illegal anyways. It is all about our basic right of self-ownership; what we do with our bodies as long it does not harm others (and someone disliking is not enough to call it a harm) is our own business.
Forced prostitution is entirely another story; it is a violence and as such it breaks our freedoms; therefore it cannot be legal.
yes , that’s the best decision against criminals . With strong Bruxell regulation , control and emergency phone. Stop the pipmps !!! Only the comunists in EU are against that regulation.
No definitely no,that cause to much troubles with people using girls drug them and send them as prostitute,if it dose legalise then gov can’t do no shit for these girls.
If greater safety protection and health protection – yes. However many may not wish for change as they would then be subject to tax etc so who is it being doing for?
Porn industry is making billions upon billions of pounds while it’s considered relatively normal and isn’t condemned by most people in the ‘western civilisation’, while at the same time, someone who chooses to do the same thing to their body minus the camera is driven underground where they’re exposed to drugs, violence etc. Legalisation, like they’ve done in Netherlands, is a great example of how to put the underground prostitution out of business.
Yes! It exists anyway – so why not take taxes from it?
yes , that’s the best decision against criminals . With strong Bruxell regulation , control and emergency phone. Stop the pipmps !!! Only the comunists in EU are against that regulation.
Yes! To protect these people!
No way!! Prostitution and begging are NO JOBS!! We should not incourage depravity…we have plenty of it anyway. But no more encouragement for it!!!!!
Yes yes!!!!
Yes
Yes!
It is already legalized. More than that, it produces laws – the European Parliement!
Yes it should!
I’ve never seen it when I’ve been on the underground.
Yeaaaaa !!
If don’t, those people will be exposed to the mafias.
And cannabis too
If prostitution doesn’t get legalized then most of those people that cant get girlfriends or wifes will just become homosexuals.. There are also females that are unable to work anything else or want to work this, if it doesn’t get legalized, they will just hide from the police and show themselves again when its gone .. :D
Prostitution is a necessary evil of the society. Banning it outright will only drive it underground. Places where prostitution are legal, many of them have registered practices, with health checkup benefits. I hope societies would be broadminded on this someday
Ues
Yes
Yes, including full healthcare support and control. However, all illegal prostitutes (those from outside EU without legal permits) should be brought back to their countries of origin.
I think this question is wrongly set….it should say should female sexual prostitution when abused by a third party be legalised… otherwise… I know groups of women who have asked me where they can get quick stressless fun in Brussels with men…and other than that you have the common prostitutes that are all over the parliament (some people like to call them politicians)
No, it should be liberalized like in Portugal
Gives rights (also human rights) to these workers but also fiscal duties so they pay taxes on revenue.
But it’s not considered legal
It just a gives dignity to the oldest profession in the world and security to this dangerous kind of job,
Liberalizing would stop the human trafficking and lower crime rates
But no to total legalization.
Across the EU education must be improve relating to sex and human beings.
No
Yes. Both for moral and economic efficiency reasons.
Yes. Controlled environments would lower the advancing pace of STDs and revenues will be gathered as results.
yes!! legalized and taxed to the maxxx !!! it can be another luxury service … that only the best can access … !!! it can be a liberal profession … and it should be legislated through a european directive !!! health and moral code, and minumal education standards of highschool !!! this way you can reduce it, or improove it to the maximum !!! in a way that we can tolerate it in a normal society !!!
Yes and tributed.
je pense que non – et c est trop long a expliquer
It existed for thousands of years.
If it’s banned, it does not mean that prostitution does not exist, it goes underground which is even worse.
This should be legal as any other business, your body belongs to you, not government.
Religion is main reason why prostitution is illegal.
It didn’t think it was illegal. Maybe immoral or disgraceful, whatever, but as long as nobody is coerced into it, they are free to sell their bodies if they so wish.
Proposition and encouragement of prostitution are however illegal indeed. Correct me if I’m wrong. PS I’m not condoning of it – I merely make the point that I don’t think that it is illegal. If it was, why do the police then allow ‘massage parlours’ and similar?
No. We used to legalize for morality normally
??!!!!!!!!!!!!!GET A DECENT JOB!!
It is a saying also that prostitution is not the oldest profession as well the oldest oppression. The situation both in the Netherlands as in Germany showed that
the liberalization of prostitution has failed. It helped the traffickers and increased the level of criminality and of course human trafficking. Recently a whole prostitution zone in Utrecht has been closed down because of this. Also a documentary about the Dutch red light district on the Dutch television showed that it is very naive to think that many women have a free choice. Police officers talk about 70% forced prostitution. That means thousands of rapes each night.
Also there are cases that the working license of a prostitute was already arranged by traffickers…..
Prostitutes are victims. Therefore indeed the client should be held responsible.
Prostitution legalized ! Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
Yes, to protect the women. Denial won’t help.
yes
Well it should be legalized in that way it will stop meat trade and will force mobs to go legal or else will be clearly arrested.
Mafia and flesh traders SAY NO LAGALISATION!!!
Wise man say – YES!!! We cant stop it, let it goes with rules, doctors and no violence to woman!!!!
… and while you are at it, why not legalize organ sales, assassinations, thefts, abolish defense and justice and free markets. Who knows, it might be worthwhile.
Yes!
Yes
lol that is called europe.. sex guns drugs and pay your taxes
Yes
It would probably do a lot to decriminalize the sex workers. I’m not 100% sure why it is illegal in the first place – it seems to do more harm than good.
Yes!!!!
N
Emelie Kristina fucking no disgustin shit
No!
Yes
Yes!
Yes – as long as it’s a voluntary agreement between individuals.
The swedish experience proves that many assumptions in the debate are wrong.
1)Does legalizing prostitution avoid illegal prostitution? NO. When the legal market sets a price, slave trade guarantees that women will be brought that will ask for less to customers.
2) Is prostitution unavoidable, being demand constant? NO. The swedish experience shows that a cultural battle can be waged and won, convincing men that women should not be bought like cattle.
Fine customers, educate youngsters, help enslaved women flee their captors. That’s the way.
yes! in all E.U. !!!
YES
hell yeah
SHOULD MEN’S TESTOSTERONE BE SEDATED?
MEN, how about Self control,improving your minds,being USEFUL
Off course
yesX100
legalised and controlled by EU law
If it’s not going to go away by not being legalized why not legalized it and regulate it so it will be better managed.
Yes
Legalized??
As it is mentioned in the article, prostitution is considered “the oldest job in the world” therefore why to bother to stop something that obvious is not going to stop than giving safety for the “sex workers” making this industry a regulated industry on the way. Furthermore, we have to think besides giving safety to those people, that there will be some money that every government could collect from this sector. As it is in the case of some extra-taxed products and services (tobacco, alcohol, gambling etc), prostitution could have the same regime.
And No, I don`t think that Swedish model is an efficient strategy. Even though the statistics say it has gotten better since it was implemented we need to find a sustainable solution to protect EU`s citizens, even the “sex workers” and their clients as well;
Marco Buseghin THANKS!!!
Podrian tener unos derechos, jubilacion, baja.
A knife with both sharp edges. Europe just looking ways to reduce ‘black money’ that’s there only concern.
No
where is prostitution illegal?
NO!
Does this also count as prostitution? http://www.sacredrhythmsmassage.com/uploads/3/0/1/2/30128769/1251549.jpg
Of course
yes!
It will be one day when when goverment decide how much it wants to take it from taxes.
Yes!
Is this a serious question? And then the prime minister will be the prime pimp?
Yes!
No
Surely!!
not anything new
Sure, stop pretending and give the proper names to the things you do!
It’s better than being in hidden
yes
Of course
Of course!
No
yes
Nein
Yes, because you can’t prevent it. So better to have legal boundaries.
Nie bo was stukne
YES…
Of course
Marriage has become obsolete ; abolish it and there will be no prostitution !!
better legalise 420 !
Absolutely not!! No woman wants to be a prostitute, but some have no choice and many are victoms for trafficing.
It’s a myth that men have such strong sex needs that they should have the right to buy women.
Yes.
Yes
Legalize it, together with hemp.
certo si
politics should ever be legalized? this is real prostitution!
For me it’s not a question of “legalising vs. Keeping it illegal” , but the realisation that prostitution will always be there, despite of its legal status. So instead, the question for me would be, ” how do we all, as individuals, public and states, can contribute towards a society where a) potential “clients” will not want/need to “buy” such “services” and b) potential persons will not want nor being susceptible to enter the “trade”. ” .We may “legalise” or “prosecute” as much as we like, but at the end of the day, how do we HELP these PEOPLE? Do we care more about a “dutiful / ethical” society, or helping out people with problems?
Yes, it is the only real way of protecting sex workers.
No
NO………. HEALTH and EDUCATION have complex problems :( Lying, theft, prostitution, trafficking, murder :( the lack of money, the lack of drinking water, the lack of electricity, the lack of old original documents, and sale of every moral value, :( causing DESTRUCTION and DEATH of the INDIVIDUAL, SOCIETY and NATURE , and it must STOP here and now :(
Yes l agred
it is legal in Germany!
of course it should!
Claro que sim.
Yes, it is real. Nobody can deny it.
claro. j pensaram quanto vo obter em impostos!?
Oh my God i need to say something: Why always if a man is honest and say:I need nothing more than sex with no strings attached(without spending time with datings,talking and other bullshits) he is seeen as a rapist/or a loser!This is pure crazyness 1.Before starting judge someone :men or women cant be all the same , both man and women have different needings: some want money some,need sexual freeedom,others want love and stable relationship,etc 2. Western women are blessed with freedom of any kind for example: Rights to be elected as a leader, in a democratic way (right to rule a comission, a party or to be elected as a leader of country). Right to be an owner of a thriving bussiness) and so on and then they say i feel opressed just becouse few choise to live in a different way(dating escorts as a hobby ) .If women feel opressed just becouse few men like to date escorts ,then I would like to send these persons to the middle east and learn about true opression of women! I had met many escorts ,and none of them was forced! IT It”s very easy to see the difference between forced prostitution and voluntary sex workers: a)sex workers have the right to choise enter or exit the industry when they want . b) sex workers earn 60% 70% of amount of money for services that they offer.Because they have to pay taxes! Nordic model is a cowardly model invented by nuts feminazis who like to hunt men with pants down and move responsability of cops who are paied with public founds to prevent human trafficking and blame clients for their failure(of cops ) IF do you want less persons trafficked look at New Zeeland and Australia, Sweterland,Austria ,Taiwan Singapore,etc.
Work safe and PAY YOUR TAXES.
Yes, but see it, like a Member States matter.
I would vote for prostitution to be legalized. In Europe Prostitution is legal in: Germany, Austria, Holland,Hungary, Switzerland, Turkey, Greece and Latvia.
Semi Legal is in:Armenia, UK, France, Ireland, Bulgaria,Cyprus, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Finland and Estonia.
Illegal is in: Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Lithuania, Russia and Azerbaijan and Georgia.
No Data Available: Montenegro.
If you make Prostitution legal then the business would bring income for the country like taxes, it would reduce human trafficking and this is one of the oldest jobs in the world.
it should not be legalised. do we really want europe to be known as a place where we encouraged casual sex? Although prostitution is casual sex, sexual intercourse should be much more than that it should include love for the other person and prostitution lacks that. Yes, it enables a person to get money but there are plenty of other ways to earn money rather than putting your health at risk, do they know what each other are carrying? No, they have just met, yet they don’t try to attemp to talk about their HIV status etc. shouldn’t we be trying to reduce STDs rather than encourage them? Not only that it portrays genders in a bad light particularly women who are judged for everything they do.
yeah
of course…
of course yes. Its just a work. Work conditions and rights of the employees should alleviate after it is legalised. Prostitution ok unless people arent forced to do it (the same any other job)
YES!!! Of course. Men will never stop seeking for sex, paid or not (including myself). If it gets legalized, at least, all those girls will not be human trafficking victims. We will have tremendous decrease in STDs (since they will be checked by doctors frequently) and all governments will have huge profits from all those taxes. Besides the boost of tourism!!!
Yes yes and yes
Yes
Yes.
No doubt about that. Yes.
Of course not. Swedish system is much more effective. Prostitution is always exploitation, even when legalized.
Yes of course Remove the criminal element
yes
Yes
Yes, it should. Keeping prostitution outside of legal arrangements, besides having a bad effect on the people practicing it anyway (sex trafficking cartels, forced sex labor, criminality surrounding sex workers, lack of health regulations, lack of social security, and the likes), is nothing but a reminiscent of fake and imposed morality of past centuries. Sex is a commodity, and there is a market for it. It is an entirely personal option (for clients and sex workers alike), so should not be subject to interdiction imposed by the state. As a matter of fact, it goes against principles of liberalism to forbid it.
Yes. It’s bad, but making it elligal makes it worse.
Yes.
Yes. It´s a job with workers who need to be recognised and have the rigth to Social Care.
LEGALIZE CHEMICAL CASTRATION
No, instead increase austerity, put everyone on pharmaceutical drugs and reduce minimum wage while maintaining Fractional Reserve Banking. Problem solved : http://www.fixxi.net/fixxi-book-introduction-to-fixxi-neuro-state-programming
Yes
~ SEX WORKERS ARE AS ANY OTHER WORKER ON EARTH…
~ IF EUROPE KEEPS NOT MAKING A PAN-EUROPEAN LAW, HELPS PIMBS
TO ENSLAVE MORE & MORE PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY…
Well your body, your rules. Prostitution existed for thousands of years.
Some women earn in one hour same amount of money as other earn in one week or month.
If sexy young woman marries old rich guy is that prostitution?
BTW we always pay for sex. Animals also do that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_among_animals
yes, because women’s body is nothing more than a product on the market which can be freely sold and bought…
(sorry for being sarcastic)
Definitely yes.
Eu propun legalizarea protituaTILOR. De ce numai femeile? Barbatii de ce nu? Ce atita discriminare!
Only christianfaggotparty and christianbiggot people believe prostitution will desappear. Beside that statistic shows that are the good family man which in majority choose this “product”.
Of course prostitution could not be the best career a family will hope for her daughter but.. if it happens why not legalized, and control (many people forgot this part) this job.
Damn it! Think about porn actress. whats is the difference?
Of course this will allows satan to enter our EuSatanfreearea.
Yes it should be, but they should not be allowed have themselves up on shop windows like in Holland. It should be contained. Drugs should be dealt with in the same way
Of course
Lucica, daca nu se face sgregare, de acord. Nu eram deacord sa fie careva nedreptatit doamne feri, din motive de sex!!!
Chiar m-ar distra sa vad flacai in vitrine, asa cum am vazut fete la Amsterdam.
yes
YES!!!!! MAKE’IT LEGAL!
Yes,it should be legalised !
Yes!
It’s true that prostitution is always explotation, even when legalized.
It is inevitable. Sex is a human need, and promotes health. Prostitution should be seen as a “service”, taxed and considered a profession. Also, its legalization and regulation would help stop human traffic.
You mean declare openly that Merkel is a whore? Sure, why not?
Ye why not ;) just not in England
Loay Ahmed Hossny Atef El-Marassy Mohamed Bedeir what’s ur opinions guys? 😂
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Only sad perverts would say yes, but now we know Europeans see no problem with selling women for sex for the tax it would generate.
Definitely yes.
I am unsure of why it is illegal now. Prostitution seems to serve an existing need and simply making it illegal doesn’t do anything to address either the need of the customer or those of the sex worker. It just drives the entire industry underground where exploited workers find it hard to get any sort of protection and unregulated working conditions mean a kind of health hazard that risks contaminating those that have no connection to prostitution. It also means futile expenses targeted at the impossible mission of eradicating prostitution (again, why?).
Legal prostitution means oversight, means collaboration between sex workers and authorities, it means paid taxes, it means health checks, it means an open job market that will make it harder for sex traffickers to find victims to abuse. It will also means that those in the industry can appeal to authorities when facing abuse and trafficking.
There is a market as long, there is a demand and availability. Better to keep the market open and legal, underground market is only causing problem for all parties..
yeap.
No, because there is no cross-european consensus on this matter . Each country, each «culture» should be allowed to determine what is «acceptable» and is «unacceptable» as an economic activity.
Sure. It i a Business and would work better if not criminalised
This tema is heavy. Much human buissness,arms and drugs,thats the problem.yes and peaple they have work this,is really in a bad situation, why not offert other work,and sex and love for free
Yes.
I hate this idea. Political folks prostitute everything in life in the mistaken belief they will make things better. Women, working folks, those looking for work, taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and workers. When will we take the time to work out what life’s real needs are, so folks do not end up depending on these non desired choices to eat and pay bills?
“Your body, your right to do what ever you want” – it’s not a right decission . Why womans are going to work such a dirty and dangerous work? a lot of them are sexual victims, have experience of sexual abuse and so on, so we must to ask how to help them psychologically, not legalize theirs emotional ill.
Yes
It is funny. People are against gay marriage and gay family but they want to legalize prostitution. It is the impositation of straight men
Only in Vatican State..The poor girls will starve to death…Will they ??
Logo a seguir à política.
Prostitution should be abolished entirely of societies of Europe. As in Scandinavia. Aside of problems relating to mafia deals, trafficking, health issues of men and women engaging in forced sex, no reasonable state, religion or men and women should accept the fall of human body and spirit into a tradeable commodity in exchange of mere satisfaction. Women and or men who are engaged in prostitution should be viewed as seek personalities that for some reasons have been deprived the capability to secure a healthy social or personal life of their own as all others do in healthy, modern societies. Victims of prostitution should be called upon by society into rehabilitation centres like addicts, interviwed by psycologists and sociologists and if necessary hospitalised until they are ready to face up to a new life where they can adopt and prosper as all other human beings,
Scandinavia?
You mean Sweden. The femi-fascist hellhole of hypocrisy.
Prostitution is legal UNLESS YOU’RE A MAN!
Then…”how dare you!?”
if the would to be, why not? we have no reason to say no, it is not a rape
Yes for sure
Yep!
Aaron Giuga
Prostitution is one of the oldest and earliest profession of mankind. Since the stone-age to present days it is existed in all society either open or hidden. So there is no shame of legalize it and give it equal respect. In fact there are several professions are existing among us which are worst than prostitution. So raise your hand.
Yes, it is the oldest profession in the world. Legalise, regulate, regular medical checks, take it away from the gangsters.
(God does have a very weird sense of humour, doesn’t it?)
Raping does not have anything to do with prostitution ! Prostitution is willful act of trading human body! raping is an act of abuse that can be performed by violent behavior because of pervarsion, alkohol consumption or merely anger and wrath on behalf of criminal personalities against their victims! Should be false not to distinguish between the two. Neither raping increase implies or infers that is created from lack of finding voluntary prostitutes at the sides of the cities or elsewhere. Social gatherings, social events and other places can accomodate people who know eachother and willfully wish to engage in any form of acceptable flirting or intimacy experience. I would agree however, that parental control and guidance as well as schooling direction and societal measures should be strengthened against all volunteers of malice or bullying thats on the rise in western societies and elsewhere.
Sure it should. Romania is one the main export country of prostitues and pimping should be illegal and banned.
Keeping prostitution illegal, means supporting sex slavery and human trafficking.
In each country where prostitution is illegal, prostitution exists in underground.
For example in my country prostitution is illegal, but i could buy Belarusian or Russian women and keep them in basement, only people in “circle” will know that. Illegal means this is expensive because it is hard to get (*but price for sex is extremely cheap), also i’m getting all of that money and she does her work (*well she has no passport and no rights, she is property and she will do everything) and also i need to bribe local cops. If she tries to report police, nothing happens, because everything is underground.
Price to buy women, not sex was about ~800-1200 euros (*depends on age). This was about ten years ago, but now i live in different city.
Give legal protection to prostitutes. This protects them.
Give life in jail to sex traffickers and pimps. This punishes them.
Yes!
Yes of course
Of course YES!
Yes. The first prostitut was Madlen.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
Since when should the government tell people what to do with their bodies, with who to do it and for what reasons?
LET the Girls decide and start by freeing them from the PIMPS!!!Then talk to them…
no
Yes, yes and yes!
That question sounds terrible . Prostitution legalized ! Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
Yes
Yes … and tax paying too …
yes
Of course not!!! Anyone who think it should be legalised should themselves be prepared to take “the job” or tell thier daughters or wife to do it.
NOBODY should be able to profite on others misery.
Of course not!!! Anyone who think it should be legalised should themselves be prepared to take “the job” or tell thier daughters or wife to do it.
NOBODY should be able to profite on others misery.
Legalize
Legalize
it’s a job than any other else.
yes
yes
Whatever you suppress (puritanisticaly) it becomes even worst! It should be “legalized” and controlled/monitored!
Yes..
yes
ligalized … but taxed 80% !!! and make them pay prostitutes better … and introduce a shame bonus … just to let them know what they’re doing …
Yeah how DARE a woman have sex AND live !?
She must be stoned for her transgression !!!
Lol
Hipocrits … the ones that defend the dont… are a bunch of hipocrits… they defend criminalization… but They go to Amsterdam to have sex with prostitutes…
Yes!
I recognise that there are many women who choose prostitution as a career, the same way a binman chooses their career. However, that doesn’t take away from the fact that, unlike in most other professions there can be a great deal of physical and psychological coercion involved; for example in the case of human trafficking. Trafficking would be made a great deal more difficult to stop if prostitution was legalised as illegal trafficking could be hidden behind a cloak of legality. Prostitutes held against their will have no opportunity to appeal to the law
Of course! I don’t know why we’re debating about this issue! Prostitution has to be legalized and protected by society. And by all means prostitutes have to be treated as any other worker, employee, executive etc. These individuals serve society by preventing potential rapists and several other social illnesses. They have to be protected physically and medically. If we want to talk about civilized philosophy in United Europe!
No. Waste of resources, and really harmful in many ways. Control instincts and work for better things. Educate men to control their behaviour, to be busy with other things and be wise and respectful. Educate women involved, that they can heal, respect themselves, and learn more productive work.
Educate men to not want sex !?
Hahaha OK good luck lol
yes.
Valerio??
Prostitute or what?, bracket it “()” should be legitimate in equal standard with a “corporate” jobs around us.
1> Our so call house wifes give~back what we men seem not to like atimes.
2> Should it be a “crime” 4 we men having #alternative, i mean 2nd affair.
3> Away from the 2nd suggestion above, i think #rape, which is an act of immorality in our society.
4> So, let there be #prostitutes, man 2nd choice.
It should be legalised and cout on to the retirement fond. Also for health care and so on.
How can the statistics be right in Sweden when it’s a huge unown part.
Second i belive that reape is increasing after it was criminalised
Besides the Christians have a bad way to view sex in general. It needs to be taken off the tabu please and be mor normalised.
No. What the power wants is to thax more the poor. It’s time to tax the rich.
I think prostitution and gambling should be band entirely or in the areas where live children and kids; because they are source of criminality and violence , they spread it around. If there is a safe way for this than I would be for it. But massive prostitution and gambilng are serious thraets for security.
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So your question is “Should Europe sell women for sex” ?!
Only sad lonely perverts would say yes.
of course
Yes it should and I not a lonely sad pervert. Legalised = better control
No. Sex should be a part of respectful mutual relationship. Otherwise, control yourself and behave. If you cannot, find psychological help, so a good therapist, do not make it worse.
yes, but not on streets :P
Its not???
Yes ,but it is difficult to explain …
No… This would make eu a porn club.. . Why work and not have sex?? +if sex is a product then its worth would be adjustable by the market, the government and the havs… SEX IS NOT A PRODUCT… though the us and eu pimps try to make this.
yes, and taxed like tobacco and alcohol. Yes, yes and yes.
It is simply not their business as long as the activity is between consenting adults. as long as the prostitue (man or woman) does it willingly. They shouldn’t have the right to ban it or to “legalise it”. We give simply too much power on our lives to politicians.
Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Figueiredo This guy can explain how important this is.
yes
Did it worked in Amsterdam? Do these women have more safety and control? Just asking
No. Its world brutal things
The simplest but most complex economic structure, the merchant is also the merchandise
Yes it needs to be allowed
Is a part of human rights to be legal to do whatever you want with your body. Seling sexual services for womens and mans it is a choise and must to be right to be healty and legal with this. The “oldest proffesion” exist anyway. For the comunity healt and human rights reasons this must be legal.
After seeing it in action where it’s legal (Belgium), and where it isn’t (France), I really feel that the Belgians have got the better deal. It occurs in a specific part of town, it involves windows, and probably also involves tax revenues and health standards
Well your body, your rules.
Of course religious people say it should not, so i think religious people should not be allowed to be or use prostitutes.
Absolutely no.
It is already legal in half Europe anyways-Holland, Belgium, the Scandinavia(thats only what i know).
Probably, for the sake of health…. that’s a good point.
Criminalize pimps and other hangers-on, but not prostitutes!
Give these women a legal route to seek protection.
Criminalize pimps and other hangers-on, but not the prostitutes!
Give these women a legal route to seek protection.
No
It is clear that the MEP is not really interested in the actual question but is driving a separate anti make agenda. If the selling of sex is legal but the buying of sex is illegal there is a contradiction that as the woman in Amsterdam said drives the trade underground. When one side of the contract is a criminal offence and the other isn’t then the whole argent becomes absurd. The argument and the MEP are just nonsensical. Either it should be illegal or it shouldn’t. Dealing with the problem of trafficking is however a completely different argument and given the involvement of the Albanian and Serbian Mafia the EU have no chance of sorting this out they need strong national governments to deal with these people. Look at what is happening in Calais for EU action!
Absolutely! Various reasons.
Wipe out prostitution and also wipe out those who dream of legalizing it
Not a single girl or a woman to be forced down in life to the extent where she has to make a living this way
Yes
It should be legalised. That way it could be regulated, the country would profit, health standards would be kept, prostitutes would be secured, forced prostitution would most likely be abandoned, and besides, every human must be free to do as he/she wants, and if it is not legalised it will still be, just without the above benefits.
Yes
Yes
Of corse
No!
Yes, all over, because if is “half legalised” or prohibited as it is the case now in U.K., the modeling, escort and massage services all covering up the prostitution! This way many pimps, property rent, police individuals not in service etc. are taking their “share” from the prostitution income!
With the amount of times this question has been asked, you’re not going to get any new answers.
Just do it already, it’s not our place to decide what is moral or not for someone. Their bodies, their rules.
STD risk goes down, the countries can tax it like any other product creating revenue, safety is improved for the women/men involved including the families.
There is literally no down side, unless ending illegal prostitution/pimping is a downside to europe.
Whatever, listening to reason is not one of your strong suits, just don’t give bullshits excuses like “that will make married people cheat more!” for gods sake…
Prostitution is a degrading, de-humanizing practice. Why would anyone want to legalize that ? It’s no better than legalizing slavery.
No, absolutely
Not!
Le nombre de prostituées abusées financièrement et sexuellement par leurs souteneurs j’en ai eu en consult !!
Prostitution is wrong. No legalise.
It should have never been illegal in the first place, as long as “service” is voluntary. Besides state is not owner of our bodies!
Sex is legal, trade is legal, so what is the problem?!
No. A prostituição tem consequências drásticas para a sociedade e saúde…
Yes definitely
Yes!
Sure. Anything that money to the budget.
Let s sit back and watch the consequent migration then, as the working girls will find jobs in any country.
On contract.
yes
I don’t see it as an issue that we need to discuss on European level
yes
No
Debating Europe
Definition of ‘Pervert’:
“A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable”.
So by ‘definition’ I am correct in the use of the word, the fact a few ‘people’ do not like it is irrelevant in an open ‘debate’.
It is relevant. It’s your definition, and one which is offensive too many. Please stop.
NO, It is better whit education to everyone. ..so EU start now whit it
there are people (women and men) who like having sex with other people and being paid for their performance… As long as they do it not being exploited by anyone… Do you really think you have the right to prevent them from doing it???
If trafficking and prostitution are separated meanings, therefore prostitution is a choice, I say yes. As long as trafficking excists prostitution for many souls is not a choice, therefore no.Stop trafficking before debate for that…
Law has to be based on morality otherwise it loses its authority. If prostitution is legalised, it sends out the message that it is also moral. However, if it is fundamentally immoral, the prostitution world will remain the preserve of people who exploit and abuse. For me, it is not realistic to expect a legalised system to be detached from the criminal underworld.
Who really grows up wanting to be a prostitute, pimp or user? It’s only when something goes wrong that people turn to this scene. There will never be anything savoury about it.
That question sounds terrible . Prostitution legalized ! Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
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Yes yes yes
Hell yeah we are more liberal than the rest of the world and we should be proud of it
I think that nobody should prostitute but it is not this way and it will never be, so legalize it and protect them from more violence.
YES to a rich eu !!! (Not a part of eu)
NO to a poor eu !!! (Not a part of eu)
– At rich eu will be funny and only pleasure without trafficking
– At poor eu will be bad cause the trafficking
YES to a rich eu !!! (Not a part of eu)
NO to a poor eu !!! (Not a part of eu)
– At rich eu will be funny and only pleasure without trafficking
– At poor eu will be bad cause the trafficking
Oh my God i need to say something: Why always if a man is honest and say:I need nothing more than sex with no strings attached(without spending time with datings,talking and other bullshits) he is seeen as a rapist/or a loser!This is pure crazyness 1.Before starting judge someone :men or women cant be all the same , both man and women have different needings: some want money some,need sexual freeedom,others want love and stable relationship,etc 2. Western women are blessed with freedom of any kind for example: Rights to be elected as a leader, in a democratic way (right to rule a comission, a party or to be elected as a leader of country). Right to be an owner of a thriving bussiness) and so on and then they say i feel opressed just becouse few choise to live in a different way(dating escorts as a hobby ) .If women feel opressed just becouse few men like to date escorts ,then I would like to send these persons to the middle east and learn about true opression of women! I had met many escorts ,and none of them was forced! IT It”s very easy to see the difference between forced prostitution and voluntary sex workers: a)sex workers have the right to choise enter or exit the industry when they want . b) sex workers earn 60% 70% of amount of money for services that they offer.Because they have to pay taxes! Nordic model is a cowardly model invented by nuts feminazis who like to hunt men with pants down and move responsability of cops who are pay with public founds to prevent human trafficking and blame clients for their failure(of cops ) IF do you want less persons trafficked look at New Zeeland and Australia, Sweterland,Austria ,Taiwan Singapore,etc.
This.
Spot on.
Sexual work should be recognised.
Should EU become a Pimp State?
Tudo é possível 🙆
Stop trafficking
by all means!
Yes communities right and sustainable solutions with rights to all working prostitution
no, it is not working like this. look at all the countries it is legal. r the girls more protected or valued? bullshit, they are more exploited with the active help of the state
sure
Protecting the workers themselves should be any Gov’ts priority.
Yes it should be legalised Europe wide.
And the stigma against the industry ended.
yes
Yes
Only men say yes.
Yes
Absolutely yes
The workers must be collected;Highly quality job;education and money must be offered to them by organizations. if they do not still accept this quality job and money; they must be collected again and they must do this sex job service to disabled;old people and the virgin guys and the virgin women that want sex .Organizations must record virgin men and virgin women;organization must offer sex service one time to them with this sex workers if virgin guys and women prefer! Everyone must have a sex experience in their life one time if they prefer.This opportunity must be offerred to all individuals. This sex service must be offerred for disabled people freely so much with this sex workers (men and women workers).Such as approaches needed for the disabled people;old people so much;and virgin people if they prefer!
Yes!
Except for these things(old people:virgn people:disabled people’s sex needs);it must be banned!
not true in reality!!!…
It should be left to the individual countries. Values are not the same throughout Europe.
For virgin single that never meet with opposite sex can be implemented but not widow!
Sure, lealize it. If people want to pay for sex let them. It’s their decision.
How many of the people here saying ‘yes’ would like it if their daughters became prostitutes? I thought so.
Accept and legalisere insteadt Of crimilize
Yes, it should!
It should be controllable but I don’t think that anyone can affirm that by legalizing prostitution, this will reduce human traffic on black markets …
Yes. That exist…so..do that well..
Yes
Yes !!!!!!!
Yes!
Capital ‘NO’
Why not?
debating Europe ,i was a journalist here in Romania and let me tell you about a crime against humanity regarding women -here the clans of interlops -organize crimes have 2 major sources of drity money -they put kids into slavery to become begars accross Europe and they rape girls and then force them to become prostitutes -slaves accrose Europe. ..this monkeys from the organized crime have this methond -they put a monkey-man with an expensive car to start to apear near high schools and they targghrt like the serial killres the girls who are poor or from the village areas or with the parents not in the country ,they have all the personal datas of the victimis given to them by the corrupt police.and then 2 -3-4-5 of this monkeys kidnap and rape the poor girl,torture her ,and then they force her to become their slave and be a prostitute…..this despicable monkeys have milions of eros from this crimes agaisnt humanity and if i as a journalist i use to write against heir activities imediatly theaths ,bullies,atacks,slanders where launched agaisnt me. So Debating Europe if you want to legalize the crimes agaisnt humanity you are on a wrong path and you shold do something to save the kids and stop this criminals who put kids and girls into slavery.
Yes!😉
Yes
Victor you are right, but Europe does ‘t care about people, they just want more tax payers and they want their share from the sex practice too…
Yes, legalized and regulated
YES, good lord, YES
NO!
Yes
Yes should be. Anyhow, there is prostitution even if not legal.
Assunto a debater muito sériamente, envolvendo na discussão as suas muitas e complexas vertentes.Um grande debate, para o Parlamento Europeu.
No just in TROIKA…
aisku turi buti visur jin ar taip ar taip egzistuoja
It is the oldest profession in the world, yes should be legalized, but to free people to choose it as a profession, not to the human explorer’s.
Anybody can be a candidate for elections!
Also will bring lot of money back to legal channels and it will be a fairer market where every business has to bear its share of responsibility with the states and society.
Not only in Europe but in the whole world as people sell their abilities to corporations and multinationals , women have the rights to sell their bodies to at least people who desire them.
Legalize? Why? To help sex workers feel like what theyre doing is not in fact immoral and wrong? To enhance even more the rising public perception of female body being nothing more than an object, now legally sold? All liberal advocates of this idea should remember their vote in future once their daughters decide to give up college one day and decide to work as prostitutes because its easy money and more importantly legal. We cant legalize everything just because of taxes, this disgusts me.
NO! No! Enough is enough! Men must be taught to live their sexuality within the boundaries of the respect os human rights. The social indulgence towards men’ sexuality brought us prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation and pedophilia! The Sweden way is the only way. And don’t be naif! Underlying most of the “yes” is the desgusting powerful and criminal “sex” industry!
Start with ur mother first
This is Bullshit!. Is this the solution? The EU with it’s own function found that solution? You must be kidding . No to Sex industries!
Madalena Robalo Cordeiro
Claro que sim!
Nem.
Yes. E paguem impostos como toda a gente.
Prostitution is as they say the oldest profession in the world and should be legalized across Europe. The treasury will gain a new source of income through taxes and women who do it shall get social security protection as other human beings.
YES!
Banned!!!!!
Yes, it should. For both men and women!
yes
Yes, given that the fact that it is a de facto economic activity generating income, it should be legalized; thus, enabling the State to impose taxation on it.
definitely no, generally no-one chooses this “profession” (male or female) by choice but legalising it will make it more attractive to anyone making difficult life choices… it shouldn’t be a choice no matter how safe you may think legalizing it will make it.
We must fully avoid that prostitutes are in the street where families are leaving. Families do not have to tolerate such “activities” under their windows. In my street in Lisbon, from 10 pm cars keep passing buy with men looking for prostitutes, the police does nothing, this is inacceptable.
raise your hands, those of you who would like your daughter to be a prostitude? Perhaps nobody? So, how can you defend legalising prostitution?
Sure yes
Nu
All liberal advocates of this idea should remember their vote in future once their daughters decide to give up college one day and decide to work as prostitutes because its easy money and more importantly legal. We cant legalize everything just because of taxes, this disgusts me.
Surly the mans who writes—–Yes! Don’t have normal relationship with women
Plus got really low self respect. Do you really need to pay to women that she have sex with you ?!
Should slavery be? No, of course not. But it’s the buyer who is the culprit, not the slave. And sex workers’ problems re protection, health, etc. must be adressed properly and without any moral condemnation by the responsible authorities in each country.
Τhere are not other iportant issues for Europe more than the prostitution? Why you are not talking about refugees crisis
Why?Because everybody talking about.Maybe it´s just over the top. People need relax from this…THAT´S WHY
I think there is no serious argument against legalazing prostitution. People who argue against it can’t go beyond their relative, often religious inspired, morality which, by all means, is nothing else but a personal opinion. Our modern European society was built with human rights and dignity as its foundation and no personal opinion should influence any public policy against this foundation.
Prostitution, regardless of our personal feelings about this subject, has been and will always be around. It is called “the worlds oldest profession” and for good reason. Trying to change this never worked and I have doubts that it ever will. What we can and should do is change other things that make people to prostitute, such as poverty, but beyond that we must offer this human beings the same safety that every other citizen has. This can’t be done if they are illegal, nor can the phenomenon be controled from a medical and economical point of view in everyones benefit.
Legalazing prostitution may be our best bet to combat human trafficking and make something good out from this phenomenon. Legalized prostitution will gave a hard time for those forcing people to prostitue, offering our state the chance to control this and also to prevent other things such as the spreading of a sexual disease. I don’t see any reason not to legalize it. It is already there, we just refuse to accept it, and as far as I can see religiously-inspired opinions about subjective morality is no longer an argument for public policies.
Remélem nem
For me legalizing prostitution equals with saying ‘dear men, officially you may and can behave like animals, we don t have any more values, we forget what is love about, what is respect about and what should mean the union between a man and a woman”. And I am deeply sad and indignant with this kind of approach, to see that European policies and ideas more often have nothing in common with the universal MORAL human values without which a normal, civilized world can t exist. Europe do you still remember that there is a word like ‘MORALITY’? It is enough to take a look to some porn video to see what means for a woman to be paid and used for sex, how bad treated and exploit she is. As a girl I deeply doubt that most of those women are doing this as their choice.
And also, I would remind you Debating Europe that crimes and robbery are also old occurrence in our world!
Yes
Catholic countries will never agree not because of morality but because sex frightens the Catholic Church… … And priests have had free sexual access to young people.
In Portugal, already is.
No
yes, thank you :-)
Of course, it always existed and always will. The difference is that the population is criminalized and unprotected because of fucked up, illusionary law makers
It’s against christian faith..please save christian Europe…
So many great christian kings and warriors saved the Europe from infidels they preserved christian faith…please if you can’t save christian Europe don’t degrade it…
YES!
I am agree. It is the best option to have a control of this job and the troubles that it has.
Yes, given that the fact that it is a de facto economic activity generating income, it should be legalized; thus, enabling the State to impose taxation on it.
No just in Bruxellles, or isn’t enought?
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Should the buying & selling of women to perverts be legalised ?!
The ‘EU’ is a very strange place.
yes, provided there are strict regulations to protect women from exploitation
yes, provided there are strict regulations to protect men from exploitation
look around you before posting stupid questions ;)
No prostitution should not be allowed in Europe because they may spread diseases so the best thing is not to allow it. Prevention is better than cure, Prostitution must stop!
Yes! It is about time!
No, no. No person should be a spitting cup of another person, as that situation removes human dignity of both of them. Young people should find better opportunities to shine and earn their income. As adults, we should always support good manners, develop them for better human civilisation. Societies should protect uneducated people in weak position, who are in danger of being abused by any ways. Joy of life increases when you control primitive drives instead of letting them controlling you.
Yes; there is no better solution to protect the involved people.
Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
Yes
Yes, as long they do it freely, without the mafia control. But at the same time laws should control and punish very, very hard all sorts of proxenitism, specially when young children are involved.
Yes why not? If we temporarily obtain service of some professional like lawyer, accountant, doctor, physiotherapist, dancer, etc so why not sex working be legalized? Of course certain rules and law making can be done but IMO it may be legalized.
yep, maybe this way the’d stup f@@@ing us all
Yes, we should respect people’s rights to do with their bodies as they like, provided that health, safety and consent are all assured. Sex workers should have safe, hygienic and legal spaces to conduct their business, yet serious ethical problems exist if we legalize brothels and profiteering off of sex work by third parties. I think the most ethical course of action is to legalize sex work but mandate that sex worker be connected with sex worker collectives/cooperatives that provided healthcare, legal resources and a sense empowerment. We can’t end sex work but we can end the worst of its abuses.
Definitely yes!
No, because human beings are not objects.
Of course it should be only idiots who are obsessed with other people life will say no we are all sons & daughters of some one regardless of profession and there is of course exploitation in farming and coal mine so banning things dont solve antthing!
its not legalisation that sex workers want, its decriminalisation based on the new Zealand law, new Zealand decriminalised prostitution to protect sex workers from persecution by religious fanatics
The Swedish model can work only in a perfect world and we are not quite there yet.
Speaking of the Swedish model, it’s good to fight for better future, without economic inequalities and women being second class citizens. However it’s even better to try to reduce suffering, violence and abuse right here, right now.
We all hope for the world with gender equality and without poverty, but it seems that we are not quite there yet. Our world is imperfect and we cannot simply ignore it.
Prostitution is a complex issue and a part of that imperfect world and the only thing we can do about it is to make it as safe for women as possible. The criminalisation will only empower abusers.
Please take a look at the materials prepared by English Collective of Prostitutes, New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective and The International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe (ICRSE). They are organisations that really represents sex workers.
Interesting read: “Hands off our clients!” – advocacy and activism tool kit against the criminalisation of clients.
Yes Yes and Yes :) everywhere in Europe.
At the moment it is legal in: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Hungary, Greece, Turkey and Latvia
Semi Legal is in: Armenia,Finland, Estonia, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
Strictly Forbidden in: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Lichtenstein, Andora, Iceland and Northern Ireland.
Countries With No Data: Montenegro.
I think that everywhere in Europe Prostitution should be legalized fully. It can bring a lot of benefits to the state in regard to taxes.
Prostitutions aim isn’t just about money its to show the male as the oppressor which suits the feminist army. No doubt feminist militants and female haters (male pimps) play both sides (in my opinion). After all we wont need feminism when respect for beauty ( a woman) is thorough and the notion that all males wish to look at women as a piece of meat is extinguished forever. But then what would the militant feminist do oh yes probably open her own brothel if only to prove all males are this or that.
So between the woman hater the male pimp and the feminist woman lies the prostitute (the tool ) to justify gender wars. Which don’t really exist (in my opinion) that is to say except in “un-holy wood”.
Yeah demolish prostitution I have got a steam roller ready.
YES!!!!!Will be much better for good health!!!!
Amnesty International consulted widely and adopted a resolution on protecting the human rights of sex workers: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/08/global-movement-votes-to-adopt-policy-to-protect-human-rights-of-sex-workers/
Yes, it occurs anyway and making it illegal allows for criminal organisations to thrive. Make it legal, make it safe.
Mind your business.it s not a european issue..we have different cultures and sensibility about it…catholic and protestant dont share the same view..you dont have to rule all aspect of the society….freedom..
High heels as prostitution symbol?
If the EU abolished poverty and guaranteed every EU citizen a guaranteed minimum income prostitution would become a career choice that could then be legalised. But whilst poverty, runaways and homelessness exists with the vulnerable being forced, tricked, enticed or hooked on drugs and their poverty is a key factor in becoming a prostitute it would be highly unethical to legalise it. It will enable the vulnerable being victims of circumstance that could be prevented by a guaranteed minimum income and therefore the abolishment of poverty.
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Only a very sad individual would say yes.
Yes and discount for students should be obligatory :D
Yes, it would be anyway….but should be controlled!
no, fucking degenerates…
No need, is everywhere …
Yes
Prostitution legalized ! Prostitution should be illegal , to pay for sex and to sell sex should be illegal . Prostitution should be destroyed in EU . Prostitution is a nightmare for human kind , prostitution is based on terror and crime . Terror on girls working there and money laundering and drug trafficking by their bosses . Prostitution is destroying young people and than is story about tenths of thousands . The EU says 30,146 people were registered as victims of human trafficking across the 28-nation EU in the three years to 2013.
The European Commission report says 80% of the victims were women and 69% of all those trafficked were victims of sexual exploitation.
More than 1,000 child victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29660126
Sorry Vinko Rajic, but that makes no sense. How does making it illegal protect the victims? Yes of course child prostitution must be illegal just as all child sex is illegal. But sex between adults is legal so how does making it illegal for the man to pay make the woman safer? You say most victims are women but that is because nearly all prostitutes are women. Making it illegal will obviously make it much more dangerous for woman. Confusing paying for sex and trafficking is a common and dangerous mistake. Trafficking happens because the law makes it difficult for reputable businesses to provide safe environments for prostitutes which opens the door to criminals. A total ban will make that much, much worse.
Yes! :D
The question is, should prostitues be forced to use high heels? :) just kidding. Of course it should be legalised. For their health and safety.
Yes
Get your own partner, folks.
Yes of course
Katerina Siomopoulou
it is a service, of course, working is anyway some kind of prostitution, and prostitution is a job.
Should Ministers be pimps?
If it’s a choice of need and a choice without pimps sadly but yes.If it’s by force no.If someone choose to work like that,should have the benefits of their work and be protected by the state. Has the EE ever thought to create jobs and do not lead women to tht kind of thing.EE should be ashamed.
I want to know what the correct name is for persons that pays for sex,Its like their is only one person is involved…
Sure. Especially in politics.
If it helps bring European nations closer to eliminating sex trafficking by ensuring the safety and legal standards in those working the trade…of course, it’d bring the situation forward.
And that’s not even mentioning European general habits to ban things.
yes
Yes cuse it will otherwise just go underground and risk of getting dangerous for the workers
should worldleaders be pimps?
NO
Aurélien Ballagny
Greetings everyone!
I am a Brazilian citizen, and my biggest concern about prostitution in my country is that more and more boys and girls begin this practice with 9, 10, when they have sufficient maturity to make decisions that will bring you consequences for the rest of their lives.
Another apecto to be addressed is that many are children or adults, enter prostitution as a way to support his drug habit.
In Brazil there is a glamorization of life of prostitutes, as if it were something that would guarantee a life with attractive, rich in adventure, money, and success. That is us against positioned, but the TV and film, show a happy ending, when in fact, the ultimate in real life, it is with tragic sure!
Yes, but struggle against slavery
yes, as long as people who practice it can demonstrate they are not exploited or enslaved and the activity is the result of a free personal choice. Imagine the tax revenue we would make out of it!
yes. and pay taxes. they will exist anyway!
No comment
Well, it is actually. In the EP or EC.
As a regular user of prostitutes in the form of escorts, I am naturally very keen for it to remain legal here in the UK and in the whole or the EU. I know, from my own experience, that most of the girls that offer sex for money are not under any duress, and while it may not be their ideal job, it is no worse than many other ‘normal’ jobs and can earn them a lot more money.
I always use established agencies that I know are only recruiting girls who are looking to be prostitutes and where I know that no one is ever forced to do anything they are not happy to do. I strongly believe making prostitution illegal would put the girls under a huge risk of exploitation as all the safe agencies would shut up shop and the whole business would simply go underground.
I am happy for the UK law to stay basically as it is as I think it provides a good balance between providing a service that up to 10% of British men regularly use while keeping the working girls safe and avoiding the unnecessary criminalization of anyone. I would like to see a slight change in the law to allow multiple girls to use a single property legally as that obviously provides the girls with a safer environment than forcing them to work solo.
For me the choice is either to pay for sex or not to have sex at all. I am not blessed with the looks or social skills required to have free sex. While I understand that I have no given right to expect to have sex, it does seem unfair on men like me to force us to be either celibate or criminal when there are so many girls willing and happy to offer us sex for a reasonable price.
I do not want to see girls on the street corner or brothels in the high street, but a system of legalised and regulated escort agencies, where girls can have regular health checks, pay tax and provided a much needed service must be better than forcing it underground and making criminals out of otherwise moral, law abiding citizens.
There is nothing immoral about having sex as long as there is no duress or coercion. Why shouldn’t girls make money offering many men something otherwise unattainable? I am not a fan of the EU, but while it exists, I believe it should look at the best way of keeping the girls safe. It is clear that has to be achieved by providing a safe and legal environment for them to work in. There is no way that making prostitution illegal could protect the girls simply because men will always be willing to pay to have sex. I would rather pay a businesswoman than a criminal!
nope… it’s degeneracy
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Only sad old perverts would say yes…
It’s stupid acting like it doesn’t exist… so why not regulate it with laws to get the money to the government and not to the mob? What’s wrong with it? Do you imagine how much money it would make? Prostitution would be taxed… it would be better.
No, we should claim it does not the exist, and should not be taxed, let only the powerful nations like Germany, Austria and the Nederlands ax it, the rest of the moralist should let prostitution ring liders getting rich while paying no taxes like the rest of the fools.
No, let it to the mafia, so that nobody will never know how these girls are bought and abused.
Yes!
Of course it should be legal.
From one side you talk about women and their right and other side you talk about this?
the state should not decide what people can and can not do with their own body, that is their own decision to make
Daria Maria Johnsen
Yes. Is like abortion. It will always exists. So if so, the State should guarantee the health of the Citizens. Legality yes, but under circunstances. For example only can work with legalization card. To have it it needs to be checked how the person came to this “work” (avoid human traffic). Then should have constant education (support from psicology), regular medical check-Up (avoid performance with diseases), psicology assistancy, police to arrest who is illegal and not under the law, etc. As few studies prooves, taxes from prostitution are more than enough to have these regulation jobs as more money for education showing that prostitution is bad for society and for police to work against the human traffic. Legalization to reduce it.
No, pretending it doesn’t exist works better.
It should and its nescesary to become legal to preserve also the rights of those women/men who found in this kind of activity for them selfs a income .
Of course not, let’s keep pretending it doesn’t exist and hope it vanishes. Except it hasn’t, for 2000 years or so.
I want to know what one calls people that use them.
Yes why should only the person taking the money be the iligial one.
NO! To have an opinion get information! At least compare the outcomes of Sweden policy and German policy and ask yourself why trafficking on women increased in countries that “legalised” the prostitutional system? And don’t be naif: trafficking is one of the world most lucrative crimes: it generates enough money to buy all the means they need to “legalise” the prostitutional system. Last but not the least people who “buy” trafficked women’ bodies are commiting a crime and are accomplices of the traffickers.
I dont need a girlfriend courtship ,bullshit relationship just sex so i choice escorts!I would rather buy presents to a prostitutes on her birthday than to a woman who call me a rapist or a looser just becouse I like escorts.I would be very happy if i would have two sons who choice to become escorts one will close big mouth of judgmental idiots and other will close ass of judgemental idiots! I am a lonely wolf a free man in a free world! Pimps should be executed!
Once again it s not your business….protect our borders. And stop brusching the shoes of goldman and sachs…
sure, why not, it is really the oldest job in the world and it seems you can protect people from diseases and bad people and pimps if you legalize it : so protect the poor uneducated ladies and make it legal !
Yes……
Of course how we central European can survive 😁?
Υες!!!!!!!!!!! A way to have less rape
Al least they will pay taxes…if not legal, it won’t mean that will desapear
Prostitutes should have the freelance status so we end the human traffic and also they get 100% what they earn and they can pay tax to have rights .
The Netherlands legalised prostitution at some point in history. During “Gender and Law”-class, I had a guest lecture from one of the lawyers who worked on the legalisation of prostitution, and her reasoning was that only prostitutes were condemned as illegal – not the clients and not the pimps. Because their work was illegal, they had no employers rights, so they often worked in harsh working conditions (which includes beatings from their pimps and sexual abuse from their clients). By legalising prostitution, which is also the oldest profession some say, their work too is protected by law. So from a human rights perspective, and even employment law or tax law, it makes sense. Not legalising prostitution does not eradicate it, it only ensures that this group of people – some even victims of human trafficking – is not protected.
Yes but they have to wear the burqa.
YES. Drop the prostitution and drugs persecution and let’s focus on real problems lime terrorism, people trafficing and gun trafficing. These are a lot more serious problems!
YES. Drop the prostitution and drugs persecution and let’s focus on real problems lime terrorism, people trafficing and gun trafficing. These are a lot more serious problems!
Legalize prostitution across the continent and secure them basic worker rights
That would be just fair and civilozed solution to the world oldest profession.
It should be illegal only for those who don’t like it.
I don’t understand problem. Is problem money or sex?
By continuing this financial policy with the destruction of any european standard of living ,prostitution legalised or not is going to be rised,as long as EE rises the cost of living and destroys the income and the possibility to work descent.The rise of criminality also is based on the same evonomical and social conditions..
Absolutely
Yes !
Should we penalise politics across Europe? that would be even better :)
yes
yes. Together with forbidden substances. Only this way we can get rid of criminal black market.
And then politicians would would be called pimps with good reason.
Of course not.
Yes. It always existed. maison close . Yes àt least it Will be légal and protected workers
Should human exploitation and sex slavery be legallized ??!!
it should. Or else illegal traders will always have their way. Remember how Al Capone got rich during the dry law by trafficking whiskey….
Prostitutes should be seen as a job as the others with health assistence and taxes, social security….
I think it should be… because when normal people do it its dirty… but when politicians do it all the time then its just politics…
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No, only sad perverts would say yes.
Yep ,more taxes , human traficking will be monitorized , people who practice should make more tests , the aids will be easier to be controled
All the labour force became like them … so why differentiate?
Yes.
NO !!!! BECAUSE THAT CREATE HUMAN TRAFFIC !!!!
Of course. Legalise, regulate, protect the workers and ring fence all taxation revenue to fight trafficking.
Why ours mothers are became prostitutes in professions, and who are the responsible for their misfortune???
It exits anyway and the richest country in Europe, Germany has legalized and tax it. Those who are opposed to legalizying it want it to be runned by local politicians and mobsters with tax evasion and violence on those involved.
Politicians will be happy😀
Yes. Its your right to rent out your body if you want. And it will REDUCE human trafficking
Illegal trafficking always critically gets worse every condition.
I think we should be debating how to end human trafficking and sex slavery in the EU. Not sure legalisation has sorted that issue in Netherlands.
NO ! The core value of the EU is human dignity ! Prostitution is an affront to human dignity. Its legalization across Europe would come into direct contradiction with the fundamental principles of the European moral constitution. We should not sell our dignity for anything in this world ! ! !
Absolutely. Legalized and regulated to avoid exploitation.
I will just add.. Whatever your decision will be, take into account that are also male prostitutes and escorts, and also high class female escorts that are making lots of money by choice, and they are not trafficked or abused necessarily… They are escorting very rich individuals and they are getting paid handsomely.. Some even manage to become rich celebrities which we end up following on television and social media….Whatever laws we as society chose to adopt, make sure that we include those and all kinds of prostitution, not just those of the “lower end”….
Absolutely not!
Absolutely yes. There is prostitution anyway. Time to put all the dogmatism aside and get real.
Yes
Yes of course, it is stupid to pretend for moral when it exists for since the world began. You cant stop it so Legalization is the only way to give this girls some kind of protection and social rights.
It is just another EU stupidity how in some countries the prostitution is illegal, but governments count the income from it as part of the GDP…
You in EU you mxing evrything together to a new coctail i.e. education/elargement/protection/education/envoroment seurity/migrants etc. and now you come out in a debate if the prostitution would be legalize .. I am falling from the clouds
Hamish Hayes
But it is legalized and the main place it is practised is calle European Parliament.
Yes
no
unnn… the prostitutes must be in the public service: no? – You go to the nearby prostitute place, that is similar to the government hotel from the east Germany. You will take a ticket, you seat and will wait for your turn. They will call you, you go. You shall see a public prostitute, not smiling (of course it’s serious). Maybe the prostitute servant is young or old. Then you make your business there. No kisses, maybe a handshake. Thanks, and go out. Of course forgetting everything and every face …
Yes! Making it legal and regulate it. Every human being deserves to be equally protected, and unfortunately prostitutes (whether they are male or female) seem to be pushed to the bottom of the society, the same society that exploits their work. So we must regulate it in order to avoid exploitation, human trafficking, poverty and promote social and health protection since they are a group of risk in developing STD’s. Plus, they could pay taxes and have financial benefits as every other worker does and contribute to pay our countries budget. The main reason it isn’t legalized is the same preventing the legalization of drugs, puritanism of the people and lack of courage of the politicians and not a lack of good reasons.
about ethical things, why there s not an green program with huge projects and a enviromental agency in the same way there s a space program and a space agency…. is something more important than the space program wich I support … maybe becuase corporations rule this “ethical” Europe.
In my opinion, everything that is unruled should be embodied in some legal framework that defines its acceptable boundaries, and thus enable inspection and control of its activity.
Making money out of it is a different question.
The key point is whether citizens want to leave or not leave some activities (off-shore money, prostitution, internet trade, etc) out of formal rules and control.
isn´t it there???
yep
legalise it, but don’t encourage it. no advertising
Governments in many countries of the EU have legalized it, because of economic reasons: more money goes into the state budget under taxiation,the black market becomes smaller. But money is NOT everything! They showed the people with this step, that the prostitution is a positive thing and good for the society. But it is exactly the opposite! If you keep it illegal, people think that this is bad, and it will not be so popular.
Christina
yes
The best why to fight human trafficking is to legalise prostitution using New Zeeland Model this model is working well becouse : every person that choice to work as a prostitute must be first a citizen so less illegal imigration AND BY THE WAY the only reason that prostitution is illegal is becouse feminist and stupid puritans are afraid to lose control over man sexuality! Feminism like religion is just another tool that demonise people who choice to live differently!
Hey, since we are at it, legalise coca as well…
In the countries that prostitution is legal and the government take taxes from this and the owner and the prostitutes they pay fees to the government and have all legal documents, I would require that all the clients give the passport number and then make this information, about the clients, public.
Voluntary prostitution is actually a good service. But when the unemployment office orders unemployed people into this job, because it is legal in their catalogue, then that is not voluntary.
No!!!!!
Customers are offenders, not service providers!
😂 explain the logic please.
And when it comes to drugs, providers are offenders, not customers !😂
If there is no demand there is no market. Customers are those who are the active party who abuse, not prostitutes. When prostitutes are criminalized, service goes under. Then people are open to abuse. Nobody abuses customers!
Mika Ainasoja You put something on the market to create a demand.
Oh I see, men as it usually is are victims of temptation. Good to know. Now I know why only women are stoned of adultery. Anyway, what is point in criminalization of prostitution is to eradicate. When it is criminal it goes into hiding and it becomes part of criminal activity and abusive. When defending buyers, well, that is putting head into bushes.
If she has freely chosen this activity. It is then not the business of the state and the politicians.
Only if taxed and regulated like other professions
of course yes
Of course because exists
yes, it should
O, this is one is one of biggest problems in front of Europe. Every morning, when I wake, I thing about prostitution and it legalisation. Becouse of stupid liberals priorities and ideas Europe died. Political prostitution is allready legalised. Huraaaa!
Yes but only with full consent of involved women and men.
No job for europe. This requires local democratic choice. Focus please on things that require european effort. Stop wasting time and money on things that are not asked from europe. Make a simple list of your tasks agreed with the countries and review it every year.
It is important to have similar legislative values all across Europe.
Christofer Sjöholm well that is the downfall of europe. If this was a desire, the nations would align, but it requires no concerted effort or sharing of resources. If europe continues to spread thinly and work as if it is local politics at work, we should stop it. They have to understand their role and focus.
why the f not !! make it a job, put some medical tests on them bitches !! :) take their money, luxury services … BAM !!
Already done in Belgium. They can register, pay taxes and save up for a pension
Yes.
? explain the logic please.
And when it comes to drugs, providers are offenders, not customers !?
It is just for women or the gigolos are also included?
Abolish poverty first with a guaranteed minimum income and then see who is left who chooses to be a prostitute. If they choose of their own free will and are not forced to through circumstances yes. Otherwise it is unethical.
Not. But the hypocresy is big and the suffering under the mafias and official institutions as the police and the politicians and other powers, too.
Probably yes, nobody was able to stop it, at least there will be some rules, social rights and protection for this girls. If it is their choice is their business, but trafficking should be hit even stronger.
Well, why not? Europe is a den of inequity anyways, all forms of vice being legal, so why not prostitution? But feminists will still oppose you in this, and this is the only deal in which I support feminists, in their fight against prostitution and pornography.
So many men in favour. Why am I not surprised? It is a grotesque form of exploitation of poor and minority women which cannot be made safe through legalisation. At it’s worst it is the enslavement of million of marginalised women and girls, men and boys.
http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-902533.html
well, I can understand that. It’s anyway much easier for a woman to get sex than for a man… What I don’t understand is the amount of men who are married (have a partner) and still go to prostitutes. In my eyes, prostitution should be checked thorougly to make sure that all the people that work in prostitution (men and women), do it pure voluntarily. That’s anyway also the only way out for them. (and what about the millions of student girls who earn their money with it so they can pay for their study?)
Why are you not surprised? Beats me. Experiences? Prejudice? I am Male and my first reaction is that this is no job die the EU. My second is that they should get a Trade Union and protection. My third is that it is their choice and not the fault of men. If there is a subject that the girls on this planet and they are 50 percent, should solve themselves then this is one. I only see that there are women that find it an attractive job. They could do other things but chose to do this.
Prostitution should be legal only if prostitute is not old and ugly
it should be legal but it should also be checked thoroughly and to make sure that the women/men who want to work in prostitution really do it voluntarily.
and those who are forced should be helped and the pimps/people who force them, should be put in jail for a very long time…
Why is this even under debate? Should women exploitation be legal? Really? Oh, Europe, have you really come to this?
The question should be – should women exploitation by pimps and others be legal?
Why penalize the women and not those who exploit them?
Big difference!
Never ever . debating EUROPE 👎
Never ever . debating EUROPE
Sure, it is easiear to police it, regulate it and to protect prostitutes.
Well it would regulate the prices because they are highly below the level of a regular standard in a marriage. :D Do not get boys crazy please. :D
yes
absolutely, because it’s jobs and taxes
No! Or should we call our prime ministers “pimp” from then on?
Yes
Yes. There is illegal prostitution in all countries from the eu. Legalizing it should make it easier to offer protection to those that are abused. I think there will be less human trafficking. Probably many women that are forced to prostitute do not ask help from the authorities because are scared they will get into trouble.
No. Less sluts , better Europe 🙂 There are many other ways how to earn money.
No. Less sluts , better Europe There are many other ways how to earn money.
But it is! In the EU institutions.
Of course it should be
It is in most countries, but criminal activities still continue. But legalisation leads to less STD’s and safety for the people involved..
no, it should be ban
I do not agree that today we can say “it has always existed” and it can exist into this new form. Prostitutes that want to pay taxes are complaining that some of their customers don’t want to have the receipt. Customers have all kind of excuses for refusing to have a tax receipt? These are the questions to ask: How many people get nailed by the government for coming out of a brothel without a receipt? How hard should the law hit those illegal customers? There are stories being told by the prostitutes about customers that want to have the prostitute treat their body like a toilet where they do their things. Why do you think you have such bad customers coming around prostitutes that want to pay taxes? It’s quite clear: the gov. is not doing enough against those who don’t want a receipt and there are no laws to grant a prostitute a human dignity over the job. We are in different times, it’s a different society and men are real pigs. It’s not the same prostitution of hundred of years ago. Customers are becoming more evil. Remember the story of Magdalene and her 7 spirits? Well! Today you could have customers with seven spirits.
The law is a tool that allow the public force to constraint the practices of the citizen or foreigners in an administrative area.
What we want to do here? Before to talk about legalized or not, the important thing is to determine what we want for the society, or more specifically, what we want for the prostitutes, mainly are women, and for a substantial part are slave.
Do we want to preserve the beautiful fiction of equality, morality and solidarity of our societies by banishing the prostitution from our view? Or do we want to really help the women and children by proposing some true and funded enough program to extract them from the prostitution at the same time the public force tackle the human traffic properly?
I found the second question more interesting, because the purpose is to help them.
It appears there is two questions in one regarding the prostitution: chosen activity or trafficking/slavery. Maybe it is time to propose two kinds of law to deal with two different situations, two kinds of different reasons and, at the end, two kinds of persons.
It would be interesting to know why some prostitutes decide to do this job? Oftentimes it is due to a low income and a lack of professional opportunities. Maybe the solution for this kind of problem is more related to the question of solidarity and poverty in our societies.
In the second time, for people who are subjected to the slavery, the reasons and causes go beyond the frontiers. Oftentimes, they suffer some debts, pressure on them or their family. What could be nice would be to help and protect them when they ask some helps. But I’m sure it is more complex than that.
What I though it is the poorly public debate (and the way the question is asked) not present enough the complexity of the situation and the limitation of our current means to tackle the human traffic first, and then the poverty.
My question is, why is it so difficult to dismantle the trafficking network, why is so difficult to prevent the prostitution as profession to live (or as an addition of incomes). There are some reasons I don’t know. But why these PRIORITIZED questions never appeared clearly in the debate. Why do we focus on the moral aspects when there are awful and well established reasons at the root of the prostitution: poverty, misery, some time war and human traffic. Morality is a great tool when the moral path to follow is open to you. But apparently it failed completely. So maybe it is time to tackle the issue without morality. Is it possible to explain, without moral but analytical approach (prior experiences, similar attempts in foreign country, presupposed logic) explain what is the true purpose of legalization and how it will work for the benefit of victims?
Legalized or not is not the question, it is HOW to legalized. Say legalization doesn’t work is stupid. Explain why the way the mecanism induced by the law dysfunction is clever.
Health care, STDs monitoring, health insurance, less chance for abuse, taxes …
Yes and given industry status..
We’ve learned prohibition of drugs puts young people into the hands of criminals. Surely it being illegal also does the same to any men or women in this industry also.
Both parties are consenting to the transaction. Why should third parties prohibit it?
Criminalise everything and everyone. Imprison everyone.
Yes, sex is not a immoral activity, and providing it as a service should have a place in any rational, ethically well rounded culture or nation, for those that are inclined to provide it to others
Yes and we should harmonize it with each government so we can also look for a way to stop human trafficking.
Legalize it and kill the business
Legalise
Yes.
Yes it should be legalized for many reasons….
No!
Yes, legalise It as any other business in open stablishments. Sanitary control, good for the economy, free of criminal mafia…
Laughs in Dutch
Sex for money is a male’s hypochrite world. Prostitution is exploitation as the two parts are not equally strong. Fight to be free, not to be exploited.
In theory there is nothing wrong with selling sex. In practice we see that so far we have not been able to get it out of criminality, legalized or not.
So imo we need way better systems and without a proper system it seems to be criminality, legalized or not.
Legalisation increases demand for human trafficking and as such increases the number of victims. The best policy is the Nordic model which constrains the business and helps victims to get out of it.
In my opinion Prostitution should not be legalized because prostitution is the main reason of girl’s unsafety. A girl whether she is a child, women,etc ; she is not safe. Traffickers gidnapped the females and throw them in prostitution . It is next to impossible for a woman to come out. If prostitution is legalized then it will prove that gender equality is in books only and females are not human beings with fellings like love, hate, anger,etc but they are the commodities of pleasuring man. I want to say everyone that prostitues are also females just like our mothers, sisters, wifes, grandmothers,etc and like other females they have equal right of receiving respect .
being a girl I requested the State authorities to ban or prohibit prostitution so that we are able take fresh air without a fear .
Yes. Better health care, taxes, health insurance, less agression on the workers… less money for the mafia
Yes, it should, it’s a business, give them their rights and make them pay tax.
No. Sweden, which has banned it, leads the way. Prostitution perpetuates gender stereotypes and prevents gender equality from ever materializing. Let’s treat each other like a human being instead of a commodity with a convenient biology. Ban it now!
For sure,they need protections of their rights, Healthcare and pay taxes
Yes. Hungary is run by a national conservative but it’s legal there. So why not in the rest of Europe?
let’s forget about Hungary! Look at Netherlands! Prostitution is legal there as well as drogs.
It shouldn’t. I am against body’s merchandising. In this world people have difficulties to find a job cause of their background, I can’t immagine what would happen if they put “Sex worker” in their cv…
Absolutely yes. It protects the workers, the clients, eradicate it from the criminality and brings in taxes that should directly go to healthcare. And there would be pensions,.sick leaves, and all that. And also drugs. Regulate and clear the criminality.
Absolutely!
If banks are allowed why prostitution not
No, it should not.
Yes it should. This way the countries will get extra income into their budgets. Look how successful it is in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
When prostitution is legal then you will solve the problem with human trafficking.
I am with you, As there are many cases in which sex workers have to face problems as their work is illegal so they cannot complain about it, which become more dangerous for their life and they have to compromise with the situation, because of this they have to face everything and has to bear everything, which a normal person cannot bear. I am an escort in Newcastle, and we have some rights and it should be for everyone.
Society will have to choose between either of LOVE or PROSTITUTION.
How a girl can live with a men who had made sexual relationship with any other girl.
It is just like slavery system
So we should also abolish it.
And ONE THINGS “A PROSTITUTE IS NOT EITHER A WOMEN OR A GIRL” BECAUSE GIRLS(Human) LOVES THEIR DEGINITY AND HAVE SELF RESPECT.
Those who takes the service of sex should be considered as a rapiest and not as a respectful citizen of society.
And selling their deginity,espect,and body is not even the last things to get money, if
This is then why paying money to beat someone is illegal.
Prostitution will hurt very much to those women/girls whose husband/boyfraind had made sex with some prostitute.
Why we are only seeing the prostitute and not the other general peoples .
It will have a very nagative impact on love relationship.
A women will not feel comfortable to tell and allow her husband/boyfraind to read her whole life as an open book.
She will not able to feel the warmth and the feeling of security from her lover.
And this will make girls in deep stress frequently.
And boys also because now they don’t have some to share his thoughts and stress.