The adult sex worker clientele scheme is unwelcome, far less welcome than its proponents claim, and based on poor evidence. The following section explains some of the reasons why. Using nothing but propaganda and deception, they, the media, and others have associated adult sex work with enslavement, human trafficking, child abuse, or general misery.
They never miss an opportunity to portray the adult industry negatively. An oft-repeated statement is that there are “100 million women and girls for sale” in Ireland. The majority of those involved in the adult industry have no tolerance at all for underage adult sex workers who work voluntarily. Your “evidence” is very deceptive and distorted. For example, adult sex work advocates stated that in a study conducted by Professor Melrose, three-quarters of prostitutes were engaged as prostitutes before the age of 18. What we were not informed about was that this study only included women who started as minors and that the media is so biased that it uncritically accepts insufficient data from abolitionists that was designed to produce a predetermined outcome. The portrayal of adult sex work in many films is also not particularly helpful. They will give the impression that everyone who engages in this profession is either a drug addict or a prostitute at their mercy, which is never the case. The fact that gets in the way of the biased story is that countless
Adult sex workers have complete control over their own lives
Advocates are taking advantage of the public reluctance to talk about the issue of adult sex work and the fact that there is still a lot of religious influence on the island, whether Catholic or Protestant. A political party whose members are less constrained by the unfortunate restraints of a tight-knit community outlined a very sensible approach to the issue at its autumn conference.
A total ban on the purchase of sexual services
A total ban on the purchase of sexual services amounts to a ban on freedom of expression or an endorsement of heavy censorship. Should Shades of Grey be banned? It’s similar to the Thought Police. If you go down this path, you might as well be the guy who pays the actresses in pulp movies.
Not all adult sex workers are forced into their profession, and not all cases of human trafficking are related to the adult sex industry. Surprisingly, some people are victims of human trafficking and slavery. However, this issue needs to be considered separately from the issue of adult adult sex work.
