Study of 100 prostituted women in Canada: 95% wish to quit prostitution, 52% are Aboriginal women, 86% are homeless, 72% have PTSD, 78% were raped and 92% were physically assaulted.
Study of 854 people in 9 countries : 89% want to quit prostitution, 68% have PTSD, 75% were homeless, 63% were raped and 71% were assaulted.
‘’There is no evidence that the Nordic Model works!’’ You certainly won’t find it if your head is firmly implanted in the sex work lobby’s ass. Criminalizing the demand while decriminalizing the workers reduced trafficking, reduced nearly in half the amount of men who buy sex, Sweden’s prostituting population in only a tenth of Denmark’s despite having a bigger population, and seriously read this entire article because it debunks a lot of pro-sex industry myths.
Norway adopted the Nordic Model as well , and Norway’s prostitution ban works.
:A New Approach to Eradicating Sex Trafficking by Reducing Male Demand through Educational Programs and Abolitionist Legislation
The legalization of prostitution and its impact on trafficking in women and children
Native Women’s Association of Canada abolitionist position on prostitution
Native victims of trafficking in the Minneapolis sex trade
SPACE: survivors of prostitution calling for the Nordic Model
EVE: formerly exploited voices now educating : survivors of prostitution naming it as violence against women and fighting for abolition