Governments that legalize prostitution as “sex work” will have a strong economic interest in the sex industry. Therefore, it will increase their dependence on this sector. If prostitutes are counted as workers, pimps as businessmen, and clients as consumers of sexual services, thus legitimizing the entire sex industry as an economic sector, then governments can abandon their responsibility to create decent and sustainable jobs for women. In the case of prostitution of a minor via the Internet, it is possible to use the report on the Internet. Since 2017, 564 people have left prostitution. Associations such as Le Nid, although in favour of the law, believe that this is not enough. They are demanding more resources and a phase 2 of the law, with a reassessment of the financial aid of 330 euros per month. Three concepts of prostitution can be roughly distinguished, leading to three state policy approaches to the existence of prostitution. Since men are offered an excess of “sexual services”, women who compete must expand their services by having sex without condoms or by practicing sodomy, sadomasochism or any other desire demanded by men. Once prostitution is legalized, all barriers are broken. Anything that involves reproduction, for example, is a product to sell. A group of new clients are excited about pregnancy and ask to suck pregnant women`s breasts during sex. There are special brothels for disabled men and government-paid domestic workers (usually women) must take them there if they wish (Sullivan & Jeffreys: 2001).
The challenge for the France, which has just adopted this new legislation, is therefore to take effective measures to combat prostitution and trafficking in human beings, now recognized as forms of sexual violence. The spokesperson of the Mouvement du Nid, Claire Quidet, recalled that “imposing money on a sexual act is sexist and sexual, just like rape, incest or sexual harassment. Marie-France Casalis of the Feminist Collective Against Rape made a clear link between rape in early childhood, domestic violence and prostitution :p 380 people who called the toll-free number Rape femmes information spontaneously reported situations of prostitution. Studies conducted by CATW have shown that even surveillance cameras in prostitution establishments only serve to protect the establishments. The protection of women from abuse is secondary, if not unimportant. Among the women who mentioned that sexual institutions protected them somewhat, they pointed out that no “protector” was ever present in the room with her where anything could happen. One woman who worked in street prostitution said: “The driver acts like a bodyguard, so to speak. You had to call when you arrived to make sure everything was okay.
But no one was behind the door when you were inside, so anything could happen. Nevertheless, the abolitionist movement that began in France in the 1920s under Marcelle Legrand Falco challenged both the corruption of state agents responsible for regulating prostitution and the principle of irresistibility of the needs of male sexuality. In 1935, a first bill to close brothels, presented by Henri Sellier, minister, was adopted by the National Assembly but rejected by the Senate. It is argued that brothels or any other establishment where prostitution is “controlled” “protects” women through their condom policy. According to a CATW study that included testimonies from American prostitutes, 47% said men expected to have sex without a condom, 73% said men offered to pay more for sex without a condom, 45% said they were attacked if they insisted the man put on a condom. Some said that some institutions had adopted the rule of condom use, but in practice men were still seeking unprotected sex. According to one prostitute, “The rule is to wear a condom in the sauna, but this is something that can be negotiated between interested parties afterwards. Most guys expect more fun without a condom (Raymond & Hughes: 2001). Prostitution has developed in France according to the perception of the population, between tolerance, often accompanied by stigmatization of prostitutes, and denunciation of prostitution as an affront to the dignity of the person or a general prohibition. These changing views have been enshrined in laws and regulations that have directly affected the lives of prostitutes, but also the extent of prostitution, as it is more or less easy to be a client or a pimp. Here are some particularly important data on the development of prostitution in France: A study conducted by CATW in five countries, interviewing one hundred and forty-six victims of international trafficking and local prostitution, shows that 80% of these women have suffered physical violence at the hands of pimps and clients with multiple consequences on their health (Raymond et al.: 2002). On the other hand, the ethnologist Marie Elisabeth Handman believes that there are women who are not cut out for prostitution and who, for example, are forced to do so for financial reasons, so they must be helped at all costs to get out of it.
However, not everyone should be prohibited from prostitution, as this would hinder the freedom of all those who could practise this profession of their own free will. It also recommended recognizing sex workers as a liberal profession and even considered a school of prostitution. He takes the example of the Geneva model, where they are monitored and protected by the police and justice. On violence, which is often an abolitionist argument, she compares the rapist to the thief: “In a jewelry store, the thief is not considered a mere customer, so violence, as in all other professions, is punishable and reprehensible. Similarly, she compares human trafficking to slavery, which is illegal and reprehensible. For opponents from this point of view, however, legislation that does not specifically address violence and trafficking in human beings is unacceptable, as these atrocities are unfortunately very present. Lisette was able to benefit from exiting prostitution and says she has now reversed the trend. (SANDRINE ETOA-ANDEGUE / FRANCEINFO) The regulatory approach considers prostitution as a normal professional activity. It is regulated and supervised like any profession. Workers` rights are protected and abuses by employers are prevented. Regulation is often done through laws and registers of prostitutes. This applies to countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, Hungary, Greece and Austria.
STRASS is also very critical of the way out proposed by the law, they mention in particular its compensatory remuneration too low. A representative of the union declares: “This is a fraud of the first time, we leave prostitution and we have to live on 300 € a month”. According to them, this failure would probably force those who want to prevent a return to prostitution for financial reasons. In addition, they argue that the exit process is difficult to access, especially for illegal prostitutes who do not speak the language, although according to the deputies behind the law they are not the first target of this device. The law of 13 April 2016 put an end to the criminal offence of advertising. Prostitutes are now seen as victims who must be protected, and clients are perpetrators who must be punished. Five years later, the associations are still very divided on this issue. On the one hand, abolitionists want to put an end to the prostitution system.
