http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/10/kyrgyzstan-women%e2%80%99s-club-lobbies-for-legalization-of-prostitution/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/10/kyrgyzstan-women%e2%80%99s-club-lobbies-for-legalization-of-prostitution/comment-page-1/#comment-1491957 Starchild Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:11:26 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/10/kyrgyzstan-women%e2%80%99s-club-lobbies-for-legalization-of-prostitution/#comment-1491957 Good luck to the women of Kyrgyzstan! People should not be criminalized for offering sexual services or offering to pay for them. It's a reactionary, moralistic crusade that simply drives the business underground, and by creating a black market, attracts more violence and other (real) crime. Furthermore it's a futile waste of taxpayer money, as there is no hope of ever stamping out prostitution. Let's end the second-class citizen status of sex workers and clients and make sure everyone has equal rights and is treated with dignity and afforded the same protections under the law. Good luck to the women of Kyrgyzstan! People should not be criminalized for offering sexual services or offering to pay for them. It’s a reactionary, moralistic crusade that simply drives the business underground, and by creating a black market, attracts more violence and other (real) crime. Furthermore it’s a futile waste of taxpayer money, as there is no hope of ever stamping out prostitution. Let’s end the second-class citizen status of sex workers and clients and make sure everyone has equal rights and is treated with dignity and afforded the same protections under the law.

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