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Payment for Sex There are two terms used in legal jargon depending on whether or not payment has been made directly for sexual services. "Sex-on-premises venue with payment for sex" applies to any venue where money is handed over specifically for the receipt of sexual acts (any type of genital or anal contact with another person - including vaginal, oral and anal sex) available from workers situated on the premises. A person is likely to visit such a place for the specific purpose of receiving sexual acts for money e.g. a person may go to a sauna to have sex in exchange for payment with a worker on the premises. "Sex-on-premises without payment for sex" applies to any venue where the person can have sex with someone else within the same premises. Money may have been paid as an entry fee to the premises but this is not specifically for the receipt of sexual acts. The big question, however, is whether sex should be a saleable commodity. Debates range from those who maintain that sex should only be part of a loving committed relationship between two people, to those who advocate a "person’s right to choose" to buy or sell sexual services. These views also fuel the debate as to whether it is preferable to legalise or criminalise the sex industry and how these affect attitudes to the parties involved. Alternative views are summarised in the table below:
Would we be better considering a Human Rights standpoint to any of the above? Instead, working for and advocating:
The question of whether it should be possible to pay for sex or not is reviewed in the powerful video produced by the European Women’s Lobby with input from a variety of people, including an entrepreneur who owns brothels and women who have exited prostitution. http://www.womenlobby.org/site/video_en.asp A drive-in?
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