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We need to adopt the law in Sweden
Under Sweden's so-called "Sex Purchase Law," paying for sex is
punished by fines or up to six months in prison, plus the humiliation of public exposure.
Pimps and brothel keepers are also prosecuted, but not prostitutes, because they are
viewed as victims, treated as commodities in the sex trade.
Selling
sex is not illegal in Sweden, but buying is and this a radical approach to prostitution that faced ridicule when it was
introduced nine years ago. Now, while Americans are preoccupied
with the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in a prostitution scandal, some countries are considering emulating the Swedish
model, which prosecutes the client but views the prostitute as an exploited victim.
Officials say the changed approach has reduced the demand for prostitutes and reshaped attitudes
toward the sex trade.
She said foreign law enforcement
officials and politicians are coming to Sweden in droves to learn more about its 1999 law.
Possible physical and behavioral indicators of child sexual abuse: - Waking up during the night sweating, screaming or shaking with nightmares.
- Masturbating excessively.
- Showing unusually
aggressive behavior toward family members, friends, toys, and pets.
- Complaining
of pain while urinating or having a bowel movement, or exhibiting symptoms of genital infections such as offensive odors,
or symptoms of a sexually transmitted disease.
- Having symptoms
indicating evidence of physical traumas to the genital or anal area.
- Starting
to wet in bed.
- Loss of appetite or other eating problems, including
unexplained gagging.
- Showing unusual fear of a certain place or
location.
- Developing frequent unexplained health problems.
- Engaging in persistent sexual play with friends, toys or pets.
- Having unexplained periods of panic, which may be flashbacks from the
abuse.
- Regressing to behaviors too young for the stage of development
they already achieved.
- Initiating sophisticated sexual behaviors.
- Indicating a sudden reluctance to be alone with a certain person.
- Engaging in self-mutilations, such as sticking themselves with
pins or cutting themselves.
- Withdrawing from previously enjoyable
activities, like school or school performance change.
- Asking an
unusual amount of questions about human sexuality.
Resources for Abuse:
To protest the mainstreaming of prostitution, see:
Coalition against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
Family & Children's Service (Minnesota) 414 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55404 (612) 339-9101
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assult (Services) 420 North Fifth Street, Suite 690 Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612) 313-2797
For other state coalitions, see:
Battered Women's Justice Project 4032 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407 (612) 824-8768
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