This is unexpected:
Paying for sex: Women's groups call for EU-wide ban
Quote:
Brussels (Dec 4, Tue): More than 200 women's rights groups are calling for laws to make paying for sex a crime across the European Union. Campaigners will present key policy recommendations for legislation to MEPs in Brussels tomorrow.
"Prostitution is a form of violence, an obstacle to gender equality and an open door for organised crime to develop," a campaign spokeswoman told the BBC. But opponents say the move is likely to drive the prostitution industry further underground.
The European Women's Lobby, which leads the campaign, wants EU member states to implement six key policies, including the criminalisation of all forms of procuring, and the creation of effective exit programmes for sex workers.
"The most important thing to understand about prostitution is that imposing sexual intercourse with money is a form of violence that shouldn't be accepted," EWL spokeswoman Pierrette Pape told the BBC.
"If we understand that, we can then put comprehensive policies into place that will change mentalities and respect gender equality between women and men."
BBC
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I once argued about the harm caused by pornography and prostitution, in my usual habit of playing devil's advocate. I didn't expect the argument to become a reality. I have to say, these women have balls for trying to change the world's oldest profession.