美国数城以示众来惩治卖淫嫖娼
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date Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 1:07 AM
subject 美国数城以示众来惩治卖淫嫖娼
发信人: lihlii (立里), 信区: Feminism
标 题: Re: 美国数城以示众来惩治卖淫嫖娼zz
发信站: 一见如故 (Sat Dec 16 19:53:10 2006), 本站(yjrg.net)
有些人读了这篇报道以后会恍然大悟：外国也有的 [1]。:)
号称自由开放的荷兰，同性恋，色情服务业和软毒品消费都是合法的，但是荷兰也
有一个 SGP “政治改革党”，是一个非常保守的基督教党派，主张女性不应当有政
治利权。该党拒绝女性，曾因为性别歧视被政府终止了政党公共经费资助。
所以，我们迫害个把妓女，歧视个把女人，也就和美国荷兰发达国家一样嘛。
[1] 鲁迅：外国也有 http://www.easysea.com/xiandai/luxun/zhunfyt/039.htm
发信人: Flee (鼓吹一下现代中国形成的历史视野), 信区: Feminism
标 题: 美国数城以示众来惩治卖淫嫖娼zz
发信站: 一见如故 (Thu Dec 14 11:18:09 2006), 本站(yjrg.net)
from the July 21, 2005 edition -
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0721/p03s02-ussc.html
Cities turn to humiliation to fight prostitution
Police are posting photos of 'Johns' on websites or billboards, but
critics say the tactic ignores causes.
By Amanda Paulson │ Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
CHICAGO- Anyone who's ever wondered just who the men are who cruise
thiscity's seedier strips looking for sex can now satisfy their curiosity.
Startinglast month, the Chicago Police Department has been posting the
names of"johns" arrested for engaging or soliciting prostitutes - along
withtheir photo, address, age, and place of arrest. A recent
sampleincluded men from low-income Chicago neighborhoods and
relativelywell-to-do suburbs, of all ages and ethnicities.
It's part ofa tactic more and more cities are using, cracking down on
prostitutionby focusing on demand, often using tactics of humiliation -
likeChicago's website or billboards in Oakland, Calif. - to try
andconvince potential customers to stay home.
It's a trend thatsome applaud, saying the men who drive the trade have
been overlookedtoo often while prostitutes get arrested. Others question
itseffectiveness, suggesting that websites and "john schools" that
educatecustomers about the realities of prostitution accomplish little.
"Thefirst thing you have to ask is why are people involved in
prostitution- overwhelmingly it's related to economic issues," says Juhu
Thukral,director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
in NewYork. Focusing on demand, Thukral says, won't reduce the amount
ofprostitution; rather, more resources should go toward
supportivehousing, job training, and legal services - "programs that
teach peoplehow to get mainstream jobs that will provide a living wage."
Still,others involved in the issue say that efforts like Chicago's are
anencouraging sign that cities are both waking up to the problems
aroundprostitution and are recognizing that customers play as important
arole as the prostitutes.
In Chicago, the website has been upfor only a month, but has gotten more
than 497,000 hits, says DavidBayless, a spokesperson for the Chicago
Police Department. [ Editor'snote: The original version incorrectly
counted the traffic to thepolice website.]
"If we can get them to think twice aboutcoming here, if they think
they're at risk of being arrested and havingtheir picture online, then
the website's done its job," he says. "It'san acknowledgment that
customers are contributors to the problem."
Inaddition to getting their photo online and having their
vehicleimpounded, arrested men have to attend a local "john school" run
byGenesis House, an organization that helps Chicago sex workers.
Themen pay $500 to attend the eight-hour class, and the money goes
tosupport Genesis House's programs. During the day, they learn about
thelaw, the health risks of patronizing prostitutes, and the reality
ofwhat life is like for prostitutes.
"This is not a victimlesscrime," says Patti Buffington, director of
Genesis House. "There is avictim here, and it's the women performing
this. About 95 percent ofthese women were abused."
For the men who attend john school,the biggest impact often comes when
they learn more about the womenthemselves, says Norma Hotaling, a former
prostitute who founded TheSage Project in San Francisco and started the
nation's first johnschool about 10 years ago.
Midway through the class, sheoften reveals her own background. "You see
them turn to Jell-O," Ms.Hotaling says with a laugh. "They say, 'You're
smart, and you havepower here, but you're' " a prostitute.
She's helped numerouscities around the US, including Chicago, launch
their own john schools,and says the programs are remarkably successful;
in San Francisco, sheonly sees about two percent of the men a second time.
Hotalingalso has sympathy for the men who come through her classes;
most, shesays, simply don't have all the facts to make good decisions.
As aresult, she's not a fan of humiliation tactics.
"You don't tear down their support system and humiliate them," she says.
"Do you want them to be total outcasts?"
Advocatesat the Sex Workers Outreach Project, a San Francisco
organization thatfavors legalizing prostitution, have also been
outspoken against thehumiliation efforts, such as the new campaign in
Oakland that hasbillboards springing up with customers' faces - blurred
in earlyversions - saying "Don't John in Oakland." "It's not going to
stop theproblem," says Robyn Few, director of the Sex Workers Outreach
Project."It's just going to move the problem from one place to another."
Still,many advocates of the efforts say the crackdown on customers is
justone piece of an overall effort to reduce street prostitution and
helpsex workers move on to other jobs. In Chicago, where police
estimatethe number of prostitutes at anywhere between 16,000 and 25,000,
MayorRichard Daley has jumped with vigor on the new initiative. He cites
notjust the harm prostitution wreaks on neighborhoods and their quality
oflife, but also the harm done to the prostitutes themselves - a
signthat politicians are starting to look at sex workers as victims
ratherthan simply criminals.
"Once they become prostitutes, they'resubject to even more violence,
abuse, and possible death from theirpimps and their customers," Daley
said at a press conference toannounce the new Internet site. "It's a
terrible life, and a caringsociety has a responsibility to help these
women turn their livesaround, and to keep other young women from
entering the profession."
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