Legalities

A Message From Scot-PEP

by Amanda May 10, 2011

‘It was confirmed to us at Scot-PEP last week, by one of the leading abolitionists, that the intention to press ahead with the criminalisation of the purchase and sale of sex will continue in the new Parliament. With Ms. Godman’s retiral, it is not clear who will take that job on. However, we were told [...]

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A Note To The Scottish Tax Payer

by Amanda February 17, 2010

Before I start: Note to R. If you want me to take this down, then just let me know. I noticed this on Punternet Forum earlier and it answers a couple of question that I’ve been asking: Having looked at “10 Reasons” which another poster had drawn attention to, I used the “contact us” page [...]

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If you do nothing else today

by Amanda February 15, 2010

Then read this and your day will have been worthwhile. While you’re there, read all the comments. Thaddeus Blanchette says: 2 f 09 at 13:57 The more I look at this topic (prostitution), the more I come to the conclusion that the REAL point of repression is not to save women, but to maintain prostitutes [...]

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Why men use prostitutes

by Amanda January 16, 2010

The answer (that is) according to Julie Bindel. Before I start can I just say that I don’t like the word “use” in that context. Visit is much better, but of course ‘visit’ doesn’t have the nasty connotations that ‘use’ does, so we won’t see Julie using it anytime soon. Julie wrote another column for [...]

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Here we go again!

by Amanda October 16, 2009

Another day, another misguided do-gooder. This time it’s Mary Honeyball MEP (stop sniggering at the back!). On her blog page “The Honeyball Buzz” she says: The plans announced by the Metropolitan Police to abolish its specialist unit dealing with human traficking – trafficking of women and children – are nothing short of a disgrace. So… [...]

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