PHI 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Street Prostitution, Harm Reduction, Essentialism
12 Apr 2016
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Bill c-36: a version of swedish model: partial criminalization. Partial criminalization is when the government criminalizes the buyers of sex only. Stated aim: to end the practice of prostitution, which the new law would treat as a form of sexual exploitation that disproportionately and negatively impacts on women and girls. Swedish model: pursues abolition by criminalizing the buying of sex. Seen as a way to decrease harm to women by minimizing demand from buyers, while not criminalizing prostitutes, who are seen as victims of exploitation, or lacking substantive freedom of choice. Arg: partial criminalization avoids the harms of full criminalization. Reviewing satz"s 4 harms of criminalization (p. 94): the current prohibition on prostitution in many jurisdictions render. Bill c-36: claims swedish model reduces harm by reducing prostitution. Jurisdictions, which ban prostitution, prosecute prostitutes disproportionately to johns. : bill c-36: criminalizes johns only, not prostitutes: cultural meaning of state prohibition may contradict feminist aims- bill c-
