{"id":11035,"date":"2023-06-25T14:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2023-06-25T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:31:01","slug":"maines-legislature-passes-bill-to-partially-decriminalize-prostitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11035","title":{"rendered":"Maine’s Legislature Passes Bill To Partially Decriminalize Prostitution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“the Maine measure would institute what’s known as “asymmetrical criminalization” or the “Nordic Model” of prostitution laws<\/a>, a scheme criminalizing people who pay for sex but not totally criminalizing those who sell it. This model has become popular in parts of Europe and among certain strains of U.S. feminists<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But keeping sex work customers criminalized keeps in place many of the harms of total criminalization. The sex industry must still operate underground, which makes it more difficult for sex workers to work safely and independently. Sex workers are still barred from advertising their services. Customers are still reluctant to be screened. And cops still spend time ferreting out and punishing people for consensual sex instead of focusing on sex crimes where someone is actually being victimized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent study of prostitution laws in European countries<\/a> found full decriminalization or legalization of prostitution linked to lower rape rates, while countries that instituted the Nordic model during the study period saw their rates of sexual violence go up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maine’s Legislature Passes Bill To Partially Decriminalize Prostitution<\/a><\/blockquote>