Sex Trafficking Definitions & Disinformationists

How many times has this happened to you? You're talking about sex workers rights and someone who supports the Swedish Model decides to offer their two cents. After talking to them for about 2 minutes you get the distinct feeling you're dealing with someone who doesn't know SHIT other than the propaganda they are spoon fed by the media.

Try this. Ask them:

"What is the official U.S. definition of Sex Trafficking?"

If you're lucky enough to get a straight answer at all it will probably be something to the effect of:

"Sex trafficking is modern day sex slavery"

Sounds about right...right?

WRONG!

According to the U.S. code; as stated by the Cornell University website, the definitions for Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking are as follows:

(8) Severe forms of trafficking in persons

The term “severe forms of trafficking in persons” means—

(A) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or

(B) the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

(9) Sex trafficking

The term “sex trafficking” means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.

(notice there is nothing in this definition about being forced AT ALL!)

So I've chosen to write an entire blog post about something so basic WHY? I wish I had a nickle for ever ANTI

("Antis" is what we on YouTube call the pro-Swedish Model, Anti-porn, Anti-prostitution, Anti-choice, Anti-HARM REDUCTION supporters)

that wanted to engage me in "debate" that didn't even know the basics of what their abolitionist leaders have been fighting for.



Rad-Fems and the Religious Right fought for YEARS to get these definitions made official and now that the ugly true colors of the consequences of the ambiguous wording of these laws is coming to light many of their supporters are simply seeing fit to deny them.



It's funny (in an unfunny way) to me the position I have found myself in with these people over and over again. The last thing I want to have to do is explain to my opposition what they're positions really are. I suspect many already know. It seems to me that some feel content to distract an S.W.R.A. (Sex Workers Right's Advocate) by playing dumb

AND OTHERS ARE NOT PLAYING!

If you find your self in this tiresome position feel free to direct them to this blog post or simply ignore the pest as my latest video advises.