According to Israel Police figures, this phenomenon was almost wholly eliminated. All rights reserved. Breaking News. What about the prostitutes? Proposed anti-prostitution law will be hurting prostitutes first and foremost. So why then are Israeli prostitutes themselves, as is the case everywhere else, outraged by such laws?
Because as opposed to the appearance of protecting them, the law will hurt them first and foremost. First, the data regarding the decline in prostitution, which came from a document produced by the initiator of the Swedish law, are baseless, as an academic examination revealed. Apparently, street prostitution which constitutes a small fraction of overall prostitution declined slightly, while prostitution at home went up.
On the other hand, according to the report the prostitutes report growing risk to themselves. Moreover, incrimination also exposes the prostitutions to unsafe sex. Carrying contraceptives deters clients, as the condoms are used as evidence against them at court. Dignity vs. The Knesset committee debating this bill is familiar with all of the above, yet its discussions keep on avoiding the question of the risk to the prostitutes themselves.
The essence is that such law would convey an unequivocal message that prostitution constitutes humiliation for women in general, and not only for prostitutes.
