St.Denny, Emily (2016) France criminalises clients of prostitution. Engenderings (04 May 2016). Website.
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On April 6th, the French parliament voted to criminalise clients of prostitution [1]. Following in the footsteps of countries such as Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Canada, France is the fifth country in the world to introduce a demand-side ban on prostitution. This highly contentious bill has been the subject of fraught political and parliamentary debates for over three years. In particular, sex workers rights activists and community health groups have voiced strong fears that criminalising clients would further stigmatise and endanger individuals in prostitution by forcing them to operate out of sight of the police and health services. The bill’s adoption marks the final step in a long process aimed at converting France’s contemporary prostitution policy framework from one that tacitly discouraged prostitution to one that strongly rejects the possibility of purchasing sexual services and symbolically denounces prostitution as a form of violence.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/gender/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2017 07:56 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 15:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/78532 |
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