Men who pay for sex with trafficked or pimped women could face a rape charge

More news here. On the surface this looks good. If you're trafficked or forced into prostitution any sex experienced under that arrangement will be rape. I'm glad this is being recognised.

So far as I can see the law may not explicitly charge the men with rape but it will make it illegal for a man to buy sex from a woman who is being controlled for another's gain (e.g. pimps). And ignorance will not be an excuse (so just the same as every other crime then, so far so good).

A lot of women are forced into prostitution, and as I understand it is in no way a good experience. But, I know someone who runs an escort agency and all the women working there are there by choice and are not being controlled for another's gain, though the agency takes a cut. under this ruel the men using these women would be charged. And i'm not sure that's right.

But overall, I think I approve this new law which moves the emphasis of criminality from the woman to the men (and presumably sometimes women) buying sex. God knows how the police are gonna enforce it though. It's not like they pick up pimps and hunt down sex traffickers effectively at the moment.

New poster to tackle prostitution

Picked up from The F Word.

I approve. It quite clearly makes the link between prostitution and rape. I would say the vast majority of the time prostitution is always rape. I know there are some women who go into sex work because they like having sex. The vast majority don't. For the vast majority it is not glamorous or enjoyable. They do not make a lot of money. If you are coerced into having sex then it it is always rape. Most prostitutes are coerced into it. This poster places the emphasis and the blame on the man. Makes a nice change from blaming the women.

Note: When I say most or vast majority I mean 99%