WDW101Y1 Lecture : WDW387 February 7 2012.docx
Document Summary
February 7 - lecture 5 - introduction to prostitution. Reduce exploitation and violence against sex trade workers - purpose for prohibiting acts relating to prostitution. Inability to afford education for a proper job. Limiting harm to workers rather than focusing on issue of causing public disruptions etc. Approach these issues with education system rather than legal system, programs to take workers off the street. Government corruption; revenue canada not responsible for reporting illegal events, just interested in getting proper portion of money. Idea - work on preventative measures primarily, set up safest way to conduct business otherwise, yet still discourage it; real harms and social/moral harms. I. e. sex trade worker registry available online, free newspapers, mailed to businesses; must have memberships, anonymous identities etc. respect privacy. Like restaurants, health checks of businesses, allow certain number of licenses per area to decrease involvement.