Janice G. Raymond-Professor Emerita of Womens Studies and Medical Ethics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States Decriminalized during the French Revolution, prostitution was not accepted by French society. In Paris, in the name of the preservation of public order, the police continue to arrest women who prostitute themselves on public roads. By a decree of October 4, 1793, the Commune makes the raccrochage in public space a crime against morality and establishes the principle of health control of prostitutes. In 1796, an attempt by the to fight prostitution by making it an offence fails in the face of the difficulty of defining prostitution. MP Joseph Vincent Dumolard, a moderate deputy, explains that It is not to the legislators of a great people that we must present regulations of monks.The abuses denounced.. Are all too true, the disorders are all too real, but perhaps they are inseparable from the existence of a commune such as the one we inhabit. After this failure, the Central Office of the Canton of Paris, ancestor of the Prefecture of Police, inaugurates the principles of registration and census of prostitutes in the capital. Lovely Jean Louis-Mémorante en lingUnited Statesitique et en études juridiques, Militante féministe, Haïti Mary Honeyball-Member of the European Parliament, United Kingdom Id like to end with a note of caution to the committee to exercise prudence in formulating your recommendations to Parliament. Having spent many years in the public policy-making arena, I am certain that you have seen the adjudicative effect of legislation. It is an education tool for citizens. Ellen Pilcher Activist Writer, United Kingdom There have been many other incidents. One involved a sex trade worker stripping and washing herself in the girls washroom of the local childrens playground in the middle of the day. Others involved people being spat at, being threatened by the girls and their boyfriends, and finding condoms deliberately draped on side-view mirrors. Ive seen the circuits, not only between cities, but theres international trafficking of boys too. Yuly Chan-Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution, Canada Derby, CT, Monarch Books. 1963, First Edition. Soft Cover, 16mo-over 5-6 tall. VINTAGE PAPERBACKS, A Revealing Report On Prostitution Around The World 156pp. With case histories. Photo cover. Clean tight. Very GoodNo Dust Jacket. While prostitutes undergo legal and health background checks, their customers do not; the regulations are thus designed to protect customers, not prostitutes. United Kingdom Reino Unido Reino Unido Royaume-Uni Renate RuhneUniversity of Bern, Institute of geography. But theres this idea that its low impact in terms of neighbourhoods and that youre then dealing with a nuisance, as you would deal with any other problem, whether its parked cars or people having a party. To me, thats an approach, and I just wonder if looking at that in terms of the bawdy house rules and trying to relax them resonates with other people at the table. Sgt Matt Kelly: They may have. But if its not from the police department, then they are not our statistics. If there is a problem with pimping, its because sex workers feel they need to have protection in order to carry on their trade. Take away the legal threat, and my suggestion is that if there is a pimping problem, it will be reduced or it will evaporate. There are other laws that deal with the kind of exploitation we think of when we think of our stereotype of a pimp. Your b r other is not in control of h o w hes t h inking or behaving. Proudly built by with the help of our Collaborators using these Sources. And rape threats, who try by every means possible to intimidate women out of politics and public spaces, both real and digital. 614 Surfers walk during a sunrise at Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Trine Porret Randahl Larsen-President, Womens Council in Denmark Kvinderådet Several provisions of the new legislation are meant to ease the process of exit. Here is how one commission describes the challenge: Mrs. Lynne Kennedy Member, Vancouver Police Board .