So if criminalizing sex workers hurts them, why not just criminalize the people who buy sex? 那么如果判定，性工作者违法是在伤害她们，为什么不仅仅刑事处罚买春者呢？ This is the aim of the third approach 这正是第三种法律手段。 I want to talk about
Another worrying thing: if you're selling sex in places like Kenya, South Africa or New York, 另一件令人担忧的事：如果你在肯尼亚，南非或纽约这些地方卖淫， a police officer can arrest you if you're caught carrying condoms,
And I can understand why the sex industry provokes strong feelings. 我可以理解为什么性产业会引发强烈的不满情绪。 People have all kinds of complicated feelings when it comes to sex. 当提到性的时候，人们都有很复杂的情绪。 But we can't make
I want to talk about sex for money. 我想讲一讲性交易。 I'm not like most of the people you'll have heard speaking about prostitution before. 我不像很多之前各位听到过的以卖淫为主题的演讲者。 I'm not a police officer or a s
Forced labor does occur in many industries, 强制劳动在很多国家都屡见不鲜， especially those where the workers are migrants or otherwise vulnerable, and this needs to be addressed. 尤其发生在移民劳工和其他弱势群体中，这是一个需要解决的问题。 But
Fear of law enforcement makes them work alone in isolated locations, 对制定法律的恐惧，让她们在僻静的角落孤独的工作 and allows clients and even cops to get abusive in the knowledge they'll get away with it. 遭受客人们甚至警察的虐待
New Zealand hasn't actually seen an increase in the amount of people doing sex work, 尽管无罪化让她们在新西兰从事更加安全。 but decriminalizing it has made it a lot safer. 性工作的人数并没有上升。 But the lesson from New Zealan
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine was nervous after she was attacked at work, 几年前，我的一位朋友在工作时被袭击后非常紧张， so I said that she could see her clients from my place for a while. 我让她暂时在我的地方见她的客户。 During
Maybe you've thought about them, too. 也许你们会有共鸣。 In this talk, I'll take you through the four main legal approaches 在我的演讲中，我将介绍全世界主流的四种与性工作者相关的 applied to sex work throughout the world, and exp
This is a lesson of history. 历史的经验告诉我们 If you try to prohibit something that people want or need to do, 如果你想禁止民众想要或者需要的 whether that's drinking alcohol or crossing borders or getting an abortion o
This distinction between victim and empowered is imaginary. 受害者和掌权者的区别是虚假的。 It exists purely to discredit sex workers and make it easy to ignore us. 它的存在只是为了败坏性工作者的名声，让社会更加轻易的无视我们。 No doubt many of yo
