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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to talk about sex for money.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not like most of the people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've heard speaking\Nabout prostitution before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a police officer\Nor a social worker,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not an academic, a journalist\Nor a politician,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you've probably picked up\Nfrom [arian's] blurb,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a nun, either.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of those people would tell you\Nthat selling sex is degrading,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no one would ever choose to do it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's dangerous:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women get abused and killed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact most of those people would say\Nthere should be a law against it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that sounds reasonable to you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounded reasonable to me\Nuntil the closing months of 2009,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was working two dead end,\Nminimum wage jobs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every month my wages would just\Nreplenish my overdraft,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was exhausted
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my life was going nowhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many other before me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided sex for money\Nwas a better option.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now don't get me wrong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have loved to have\Nwon the lottery instead,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it wasn't going\Nto happen any time soon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my rent needed paying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I signed up for my\Nfirst shift in brothel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the years that passed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had a lot of time to think.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reconsidered the ideas\NI once had about prostitution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've given a lot of thought to consent
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the nature of work under capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've thought about gender inequality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sexual and reproductive\Nlabor of women.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've experienced exploitation\Nand violence at work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've thought about what's needed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect other sex workers\Nfrom these things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you've thought about them, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this talk
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to take you through\Nthe four main legal approaches
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,applied to sex work around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explain why they don't work;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why prohibiting the sex industry
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually exacerbates every harm\Nthe sex workers are vulnerable to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'm going tell you about\Nwhat we, as sex workers, actually want.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first approach is full criminalisation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Half the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Russia, South Africa\Nand most of the US,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulate sex work by criminalizing\Neveryone involved.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's seller, buyer and third parties.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lawmakers in these countries\Napparently hope
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the fear of getting arrested\Nwill deter people from selling sex.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're forced to choose
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between obeying the law and feeding\Nyourself or your family,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to do the work anyway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take the risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Criminalisation is a trap.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to get a conventional job\Nwhen you have a criminal record.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Potential employers won't hire you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assuming you still need money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll stay in the more flexible,\Ninformal economy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The law forces you to keep selling sex,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the exact opposite\Nof its intended effect.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being criminalized leaves you exposed\Nto mistreatment by the state itself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many places you may be coerced\Ninto paying a bribe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even into having sex with a police\Nofficer to avoid arrest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police and prison guards\Nin Camodia, for example,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been documented\Nsubjecting sex workers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what can only be described as torture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Threats a gun point,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beatings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electric shocks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rape
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and denial of food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another worrying thing:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're selling sex in places like\NKenya, South Africa or New York,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a police officer can arrest you\Nif you're caught carrying condoms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because condoms can be legally used\Nas evidence that you're selling sex.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously this increases HIV risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine knowing that if you're\Nbusted carrying condoms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll be used against you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a pretty strong incentive\Nto leave them at home, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sex workers working in these places\Nare forced to make a touch choice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between risking arrest\Nor having risky sex.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you choose?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you pack condoms to go to work?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about if you're worried
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police officer would rape you\Nif he got you in the van?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second approach\Nto regulating sex work,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seen in these countries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is partial criminalisation;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the buying\Nand selling of sex are legal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the surrounding activities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like brothel-keeping or soliciting\Non the street are banned.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laws like these,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have them in the UK and in France,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially say to our sex workers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, we don't mind you selling sex,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just make sure it's done\Nbehind closed doors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all alone."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brother-keeping by the way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is defined as just two or more\Nsex workers working together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making that illegal means\Nthat many of us work alone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which obviously makes us\Nvulnerable to violent offenders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're also vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we choose to break the law\Nby working together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a friend of mine was nervous\Nafter she was attacked at work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I said that she could see\Nher clients from my place for awhile.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During that time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had another guy turn nasty.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told the guy to leave\Nor I'd call the police,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he looked at the\Ntwo of us and he said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You girls can't call the cops,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're working together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this place is illegal."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was right.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He eventually left without\Ngetting physically violent,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the knowledge that we were breaking\Nthe law empowered that man to threaten us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He felt confident he'd get away with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prohibition of street prostitution\Nalso causes more harm than it prevents.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Firstly, to avoid getting arrested,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,street workers take risks\Nto avoid detection,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that means working alone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in isolated locations like dark forests\Nwhere they're vulnerable to attack.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're caught selling sex outdoors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you pay a fine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you pay that fine\Nwithout going back to the streets?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the need for money that saw\Nyou in the streets in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the fines stack up,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're caught in a vicious cycle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of selling sex to pay the fines\Nyou got for selling sex.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you about Mariana Popa\Nwho worked in Redbridge, East London.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The street workers on her patch\Nwould normally wait for clients in groups,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for safety in numbers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to warn each other about how\Nto avoid dangerous guys.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But during a police crackdown\Non sex workers and their clients,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was forced to work alone\Nto avoid being arrested.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was stabbed to death
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the early hours of October 29th, 2013.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she had been working later than usual
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to pay off a fine\Nshe had received for soliciting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if criminalizing\Nsex workers hurts them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not just criminalize\Nthe people who buy sex?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the aim of the third\Napproach I want to talk about,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Swedish, or Nordic model\Nof sex-work law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea behind this law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that selling sex\Nis intrinsically harmful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you're in fact helping\Nsex workers by removing the option.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite growing support
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what's often describe\Nas the "End Demand" approach,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no evidence that it works.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just as much prostitution\Nin Sweden as there was before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why might that be?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because the people selling sex\Noften don't have other options for income.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you need that money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only effect that a drop\Nin business is going have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to force you to lower your prices,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or offer more risky sexual services.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you need to find more clients,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might seek the help of a manager,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you see,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than putting a stop to what's\Noften descried as pimping,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a law like this actually gives oxygen\Nto potentially abusive third parties.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To keep safe in my work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try not to take bookings from someone\Nwho calls me from a withheld number.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's a home or a hotel visit,\NI try to get a full name and details.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I worked under the Swedish model,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a client would be too scared\Nto give me that information.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might have no other choice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to accept a booking from a man\Nwho is untraceable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he later turns out to be violent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you need their money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to protect\Nyour clients from the police.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you work outdoors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means working alone\Nor in isolated locations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as if you were criminalized yourself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might mean getting into cars quicker,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less negotiating time\Nmeans snap decisions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this guy dangerous or just nervous?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you afford to take the risk?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you afford not to?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something I'm often hearing is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Prostitution would be fine if we\Nmade it legal and regulated it."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call that approach Legalisation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's used by countries\Nlike the Netherlands,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Nevada in the US.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not a great\Nmodel for human rights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in state-controlled prostitution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commercial sex can only happen in certain\Nlegally-designated areas or venues,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sex workers are made to comply\Nwith special restrictions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like registration\Nand forced health checks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regulation sounds great on paper,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but politicians deliberately make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regulation around the sex industry\Nexpensive and difficult to comply with.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It creates a two-tiered system:\Nlegal and illegal work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sometimes call it\Nbackdoor criminalisation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rich, well-connected brothel owners\Ncan comply with the regulations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more marginalized people find\Nthose hoops impossible to jump through.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even if it's possible in principle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting a license or proper venue\Ntakes time and costs money.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to be an option
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for someone who's desperate\Nor needs money tonight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might be a refugee\Nor fleeing domestic abuse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this two-tiered system,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most vulnerable people\Nare forced to work illegally,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're still exposed to all\Nthe dangers or criminalistion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mentioned earlier.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's looking like all attempts to control\Nor prevent sex work from happening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes things more dangerous\Nfor people selling sex.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear of law enforcement makes them\Nwork alone in isolated locations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allows clients,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even cops,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get abusive with the knowledge\Nthey'll get away with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fines and criminal records force\Npeople to keep selling sex,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than enabling them to stop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Crackdowns on buyers drive sellers\Nto take dangerous risks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into the arms\Nof potentially abusive managers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These laws also reinforce stigma\Nand hatred against sex workers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When France temporarily brought in\Nthe Swedish model two years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordinary citizens took it as a cue
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start carrying out vigilante attacks\Nagainst people working on the street.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Sweden,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opinion surveys show
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that significantly more people want sex\Nworkers to be arrested now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than before the law was brought in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If prohibition is this harmful,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might ask,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why it so popular?