Aligned Organisations
The organisations below support the Equality Model (Nordic Model), which decriminalises prostituted people, holds sex buyers and exploiters accountable while closing “on ramps” into the sex trade and opens “off ramps” which is critical for those that need access to needed resources and viable options. __________________________ WEEPhttps://weep.org.au Based in South Australia – their focus is to […]
Book review: ‘Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade’
Book review: Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade edited by Caroline Norma and Melinda Tankard Reist By Ken Laffer. involves engaging in sexual acts in exchange for money. Women are seen as disposable commodities, objects who can be bought and used in any way by the buyer. There is no loving intimacy, […]
Prostitution Amidst Covid-19
The ‘prostitution debate’ has largely been shoved to the sidelines amidst the Covid-19 crisis, as pandemic rhetoric has occupied the news cycle. However, the topic of ‘prostitution’ has never been more relevant in these times for a number of reasons. The stressful effects of dealing with a worldwide pandemic and the political unrest it has […]
STATEMENT – Maine Passes Tough New Anti-Trafficking Law
Reducing Human Trafficking – Mr Peter Abetz
Document version: Reducing Human Trafficking By Prostitution Law Reform Summary of Oral Presentation to 15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology 5-9 July 2015 by Mr Peter Abetz B.Agric.Sci.(Hons); B.D.; MLA Member for Southern River Parliament of Western Australia Email: peter.abetz@mp.wa.gov.au Note current contact details: peter.abetz@gmail.com Biographical background: My interest in prostitution arose in 1984 while working as a pastor […]
Insights into prostitution by former receptionist presents harrowing reality
The media glamorises prostitution and presents the illusion that it’s sexually liberating for women, and sex industry lobbyists claim that it’s just regular work. For a long time I accepted this without question. I was a receptionist in a legal brothel in Melbourne, Australia, for two years and I’d say things like: these women choose […]
Data manipulation is being used to solicit individuals in sex trafficking
Thanks to the CovidSAFE application, privacy concerns are rife on the internet, with social media users expressing condemnation over the way data is used and collected. In 2020, the average citizen has relinquished their right to privacy to various technocrats both willingly and unwillingly by handing over their data in return for the use of an application demanding […]
End Sex Trafficking With the Nordic Model
The sex trade in Victoria, Australia, has been fully legal since 1994. This has led to a huge demand for prostitution and a 500% increase in illegal brothels and sex trafficking. Today, in Melbourne there are 89 legal brothels and over 500 illegal ones. Melbourne is now a major destination for sex tourists. Those dodgy […]
The Overlap between the Prostitution Crisis and Child Sexual Abuse
According to Pubmed research, 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys experience child sexual abuse. Considering the average age individuals enter the sex trafficking ‘industry’ is 12-14 years, it appears that the prostitution crisis fundamentally overlaps with a global pedophile crisis. Interestingly, when searching for information surrounding child sexual abuse within Australia, the […]
UPCOMING ONLINE ANTI-TRAFFICKING EVENT
Join us for another online meetup where we discuss the issue of prostitution blighting society, with anti-trafficking advocates who will be informing you with quality information and research. There will be two upcoming events – you can attend one or both of them! Register for the event simply by emailing Peter Abetz at info@adoptnordicwa.org and to receive […]
Victoria Primed to Decriminalise Prostitution Come Early 2021
In an interview with Dean Lim from 3CR radio, MP Fiona Patten and Lisa Dallimore, sat down for a chat about the largest inquiry into prostitution Victoria has seen in 35 years. The inquiry is already well underway, and it is being spearheaded by Patten who has been a vocal ‘sex worker rights’ lobbyist for several […]
Make 2020 the Year of the Prostituted Survivor
As 2019 comes to a close, a time for introspection and reflection regarding the year’s politics is needed. For the prostituted individual, the results have been mixed, with the Northern Territory decriminalising the sex trade, while other states such as South Australia, voting down prospects to decriminalise the trade for the fourteenth time in a decade. […]
The Global Issue of Prostituted Children Remains Underground
Prostitution in Australia occurs outside of Australia. According to UNICEF, roughly one third of human trafficking activity around the globe involves children. The trafficking of children is an ongoing issue within Australia, and involves citizens who travel overseas (predominantly to Asian countries) in order to access prostituted individuals. Even though sex trafficking of this nature is […]
Sex Trade Advocate, Fiona Patten, to Spearhead Victorian Inquiry Into Prostitution
Emblazoned on Fiona Patten’s former Sex Party T-shirt are the words; ‘we’re serious about sex.’ Well Fiona, so is the Australian public who deserve the truth when it comes to the viability of prostitution matters. If you haven’t already heard the news, Fiona Patten is set to spearhead Victoria’s review into the sex trade – […]
NT’s Sex Trade Decriminalisation Laws are a Travesty of Justice – Wendy Francis
NT’s parliament has let women and the public down. Women should never be seen as products to be bought and sold. The passing yesterday in the NT parliament of outdated and misogynist laws on prostitution is an utter travesty of justicefor the most vulnerable in the Territory. The government members didn’t get a conscience vote […]
Our Sex Trade Research is Lying
A vast portion of sex trade research is biased. This is nothing new, yet sex trade skeptics are hardly given a platform in which to make a case against the current (and reckless) research methodologies that make prostituted individuals look like legitimate workers that do not suffer assault, or have issues with STIs. For example […]
Why We Should Avoid Glamorising The Sex Trade
On November 4th, MP Fiona Patten, leader of the Reason Party, formerly known as the Australian Sex Party, shared an article on her Facebook page that glamorises the reality of the sex trade. The article, promulgated by the ABC claims that there is a growing number of females paying for sex. Patten shared the article alongside comments […]
West Australian Prostitution Survivors Form Coalition Against Sex Trade
Survivors West Australia Against Prostitution (SWAAP) is a new coalition between current and formerly prostituted people in Western Australia. The Albany Advertiser has printed an article by the group, a response to a recent article in The West Australian newspaper quoting a former brothel-keeper claiming that the sex trade was a necessity. The piece originally […]
Mexico City move to decriminalise prostitution a gift to pimps and traffickers
Mexico City lawmakers have voted in favour of a bill to remove a line in civic culture law that criminalises both sellers and buyers of sex. The move is reportedly hoped to curb sex trafficking in the area, but decriminalising the purchase of sex will likely have the opposite effect- the demand for prostitution fuels […]
Book review: Shadow’s Law: The True Story of a Swedish Detective Inspector Fighting Prostitution – Simon Haggstrom – Bullet Point Publishing, 2016.
As head of the Stockholm Police Prostitution unit, Simon Haggstrom recounts heartbreaking stories of women who lives meant nothing to the users and which often ended in sad and lonely deaths. Such is the world of prostitution. The author recounts real life stories of the women used in prostitution, the men who use them, and […]