http://www.serialkillers.ca Famous Serial Killer Profiles Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.serialkillers.ca/robert-william-pickton/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Decriminalization: Best Possible Option? « Lyle's Blog Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:52:50 +0000 http://www.serialkillers.ca/?page_id=16#comment-33 [...] Against Prostitution Responses: 4.  Perhaps female prostitution does represent the exploitation of women in  some ways, though perhaps in others it does not. Obviously any example of sexual slavery is abusive and exploitive. I will not go into addressing the subtleties of addressing this specific issue here beyond saying this though, as it is beyond the scope of this piece. What I will say, however, is that it is clear to me that through decriminalization, sex workers will have greater access to health and counseling services, will be protected by the rule of law, may be able to obtain employee benefits never available to them before, as well as being able to operate in safer environments that may have more oversight, and where they are less vulnerable to deranged predators like Robert Pickton. [...] [...] Against Prostitution Responses: 4.  Perhaps female prostitution does represent the exploitation of women in  some ways, though perhaps in others it does not. Obviously any example of sexual slavery is abusive and exploitive. I will not go into addressing the subtleties of addressing this specific issue here beyond saying this though, as it is beyond the scope of this piece. What I will say, however, is that it is clear to me that through decriminalization, sex workers will have greater access to health and counseling services, will be protected by the rule of law, may be able to obtain employee benefits never available to them before, as well as being able to operate in safer environments that may have more oversight, and where they are less vulnerable to deranged predators like Robert Pickton. [...]

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