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7.1 street vice Flashcards

1
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how many men in britain have paid for sex on at least one occasion

how many out of 10
how many in total

A

1 in 10

2.3 million

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2
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there is approximately how many sex workers

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60-80,000

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3
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how many women and children have been internationally sex trafficked

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4000

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4
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where in the world are the majority of victims from international trafficking

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  • europe
  • central asia
  • north and south america
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5
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what represented the greatest percentage of human trafficking

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forced prostitution

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6
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the majority of trafficking is domestic or international?

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majority is DOMESTIC

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7
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What are examples of prostitution myths

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  • the oldest profession
  • response to male sexual needs
  • victimless crime
  • choice and free will
  • its just a job like any other
  • happy hooker
  • prostitution as white slavery
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8
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what percetnage of abuse and neglect in childhood are ‘looked after’

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70%

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9
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what are constant features in prostitution

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  • suffered life threatening violence
  • regular abuse
  • addicted to alcohol and drugs
  • HIV STDs
  • stabbed raped beaten
  • abuse and coercion
  • overwhelming majority want to stop selling sex
  • substance misuse
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10
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how much more vulnerable to homicide are sex workers than other women

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x12 more vulnerable

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11
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what is the main reason people sell sex?

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MONEY

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12
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what are undoubtable issues around women and poverty

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  • subsistence reasons
  • structural issues making other routes out of poverty blocked
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13
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what is a view of liberal feminists and advocacy groups

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  • its an honourable profession serving socially valuable ends
  • women have right to choose what to do with their bodies
  • sex work is work
  • should have same rights and protections as people in other jobs
  • what counts as intimate should be at discretion of women themselves
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liberal feminist and advocacy groups
- telling women what is good for them is…

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paternalistic and patriarchal

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liberal feminist and advocacy groups tend to be what?

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pro-decriminalisation and full legislation

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what do radical feminists argue

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  • womens sexuality should not be commodified and doing so reaffirms male dominace over women
  • sex work is not work but an option of last resort
  • some equate prostition with modern slavery
  • prostution cannot be entirely consensual
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17
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radical feminists say using the term sex work is obscuring what?

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obscuring the realities for almost all women i.e. violence and rape

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18
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what do radical feminists tend to argue that prostiution is another example of what and campaign for what

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mens violence against women and campaign for abolition

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19
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in community responses to sex work did not affetc their overall quality of life but instead
- concern raised about…
- street sex working impinged…

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  • concerns raised about visibility of sex workrs and associated nuisance
  • street sex workin impinged negatively on residents use of public space
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20
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what do som e community responses about street sex work associate it it with

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drugs and crime

21
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what were community views and responses to sex work

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varied
- ranged from sympathy and engaing with women
- to action to displace them from local streets

22
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many residents and sex worker supported the concept of what

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  • tolerance zones
  • designated spaces for working
23
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what was the greatest consideration for sex workers

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safer working environment

24
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what % of respondents agreed with the statement sex work will always take place

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73.2%

25
Q

4 solutions for street sex workers

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  • legislation
  • decriminalisation
  • harm reduction
  • nordic model/ sex-buyer laws
26
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harm reduction for who

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  • sex workers and communities
27
Q

what federal law in germany was introduced that regulates legal status of prostitution as service

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prostitution act 2002

28
Q

what can sex workers in germany claim if registered

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  • unemployment benefit/ insurance and access healthcare
29
Q

what do some people argue happens when sex workers are registered in germany

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  • resulted in discrimination and stigmatisation
30
Q

germany seen as a what tourist destination

A

sex tourist destination

31
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what does a large number of unregistered sex workers claim about prices being down

A

women undertake risky services to earn money
women trafficked to meet demand

32
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what model is an example of decriminalisation

A

new zealand model

33
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when did the new zealand model decriminalise all forms of sex work

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since 2003

34
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what type of system is the new zealand model

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  • system of licencing and regulation - health and safety requirements
35
Q

in new zealand model sex work is argued to have improved what?

A

perceptions of sex workers as well as experiences

36
Q

in new zealand model sex workers rights are guaranteed through?

A

employment and human rights legislation

37
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what are managed/ tolerance zones?

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designated areas away from residential streets
- where presence of women, punters and associated etriuts cause most offence/ inconvenience

38
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what are managed/ tolerance zones in new zealand

A

TIPPLE ZONES in 1990s

39
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what is an example of a managed/ tolerance zone

A

holbeck leeds

40
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when did holbeck leeds zone open and close

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opened 2015
closed 15th june 2021

41
Q

bewteen what hours can women in holbeck leeds solicit sex

A

8pm-6am

42
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what can women not do inside holbeck leeds zone

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cannot have sex in the zone

43
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what is holbeck leeds zone also called?

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red light zone

44
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what is there long standing police practice of targeting in helbekc leeds

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targeting the women rather than pimps and punters
keeps women in cycle of abuse and violence

45
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what is the overarching aim for nordic laws on sex work

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decrease demand for sex work
decriminalise sellers (women sex workers)
strengthening laws against traficking pimps and brothel keeping

46
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where did nordic abolition model for sex work begin
and when did buying sex there become an offence

A

sweden
buying sex became an offence in 1999

47
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what are criticsms of nordic abolitionist model sex buyer laws

A
  • sex work will go underground
  • increase violence for women
  • decreased women ability and rights to make choices/ earn money
  • increased stigma
48
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