{"id":1291,"date":"2018-06-19T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defenddignity.ca\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2018-06-19T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:10:07","slug":"myth-busting-about-prostitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defenddignity.ca\/myth-busting-about-prostitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth busting about Prostitution"},"content":{"rendered":"
In March, staff from Defend Dignity attended the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. We heard some things, caught a sniff as to which way the wind is blowing and in response here are some myths we\u2019d like to break:<\/p>\n
In Canada, Bill C-36 has revamped prostitution laws, making it illegal to purchase sexual services but legal to sell them. It follows the \u201cNordic Model\u201d of justice.<\/p>\n
In hundreds of conversations with survivors, Defend Dignity staff and volunteers have been told: \u201cthe guys buying sex\u201d make situations unsafe.<\/p>\n
Modern pornography (the violence, denigrating nature of it and unlimited digital access to it),\u00a0 access to erectile dysfunction drugs* and a growing populace struggling with mental health and drug addictions** could all contribute to how unsafe sex work has become.<\/p>\n
*https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/theobserver\/2008\/feb\/24\/controversiesinscience<\/p>\n
**http:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/pub\/82-624-x\/2013001\/article\/11855-eng.htm<\/p>\n