In lieu of the great win my Nawlins this evening, I figured I would share my thoughts on a story that came out a couple of weeks ago. It is from New Orleans and is about prostitution. (Linkage)
The article is about how they are using the law to label arrested prostitutes as sex offenders.
There is no logical reason this law helps the problem. I will not even go in to how I do not see prostitution as being a crime in the first place as it hurts no one but willing participants. The law itself traps women in to still being prostitutes. If you are a woman in New Orleans and labeled a sex offender because you are a prostitute, what hope of getting a better job do you have? What job does not require a background check or an impressive resume? If you guessed prostitution, you are right. How are these people supposed to be “rehabilitated?”
I have an even bigger problem with the people who made the law. Who is the criminal in this scenario? Undercover stings typically are the device to bust a prostitute. The crime being committed cannot happen if there is not a willing male participant, but the public typically frowns on the man and sends them on their way. The truly evil person is the prostitute. Whom does the law not label as a sex offender? If you guess the man, you are amazing at my prostitution Q & A.
The point of a sex offender label is to protect those who are not of the right age or mind to consent to sexual acts. They label the true criminal as a sex offender, especially given the high recidivism (reoffending) rate of sex crimes, in order to protect the public and track them (Ice T busting them in the head is also a plus). Instead, the people in charge are perverting the law in order to hold consenting teenagers and now prostitutes in the same arena with people who perform sex acts with children.
While it might be hard out there for a pimp, I always thought prostitutes had it rougher.
::who dat?::
anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. --václav havel
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