AMAN
SACHAN
B SUSRUTH
REDDY
Stance
on
PROSTITUTION
WE SWIM IN CULTURE, OBLIVIOUS TO ITS PRESENCE
IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT A FISH IS UNAWARE
OF THE WATER THAT SURROUNDS IT. THE CULTURE
WE SWIM IN SLOWLY SHAPES US; A CULTURE THAT
STIGMATISES PROSTITUTION ENGRAINS BELIEFS IN
US THAT PERHAPS WOULDN’T HAVE COME TO BE IN
ITS ABSENCE.
PROSTITUTION ISN’T INHERENTLY IMMORAL,
NOT ANYMORE THAN RUNNING A BUSINESS IS
INHERENTLY IMMORAL.
The plagues that surround it:
• Human trafficking
• Lack of consent
• Abuse(physical and mental)
• Murder
• Underage sex workers
• Slavery
• STD’s and STI’s
Prostitution
is not
immoral
but the
trouble it
faces is
immoral
Immoral
Traffic
(Prevention)
Act, 1986
i.e.
PITA
THE LAWS DESCRIBED UNDER PITA EXIST
ONLY ON PAPER, VAPORISING INTO WISPS
OF HOLLOW WORDS IN THE REAL WORLD.
THE PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO
AMEND PITA SINCE AS EARLY AS 2006
AND ARE STILL DISCUSSING THE BILL IN
BOTH THE HOUSES. SEEING AS OUR
GOVERNMENT IS IN THE MIDST OF
TRYING TO RECTIFY THEIR ATTITUDE
TOWARDS PROSTITUTION, FOR BETTER
OR FOR WORSE, LET’S SEE IN DETAIL
FEW TROUBLES THE FIELD IS FACING
Amendments
IF HUMAN TRAFFIKING WERE A COMPANY, IT
WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE FORTUNE 500
LIST.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING GENERATES
1,977,280,000,000/- annually
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FREEDOM MEANS THAT
YOU’RE
UNOBSTRUCTED IN
LIVING YOUR LIFE
AS YOU CHOOSE.
ANYTHING LESS IS
A FORM OF SLAVERY.
CONSENT
AND
SLAVERY
STD’s
AND
STI’s
WE MAY NEVER UNDERSTAND
ILLNESSES SUCH AS AIDS. IN
FACT, WE MAY NEVER CURE IT.
BUT A RUPEE OF PREVENTION
IS WORTH MORE THAN A
MILLION RUPEES OF CURE.
BE REGULATED?
LEGALIZATION IS THE ACT OF ENSURING
THAT A PARTICULAR PRACTICE ISN’T A
CRIMINAL OFFENCE. .
REGULATION IS A LEGAL NORM INTENDED
TO SHAPE CONDUCT THAT IS A BY PRODUCT
OF IMPERFECTION.
Let’s
just not
legalize
it but
regulate
it.
A MODEL CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING
FEATURES WOULD BE CREATED:
LIKE THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
CONSISTING OF THREE MEMBERS
UNDERCOVER INFORMANTS THAT REPORT
TO THEM
ID cards
Medical
history
validation
Counselling and
education
+
all the above
listed problems
are solved
What’s
our
idea?
The
positive
aspects
1) FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING
2) RAPE AND ABUSE
3) SPREAD OF STD’S AND STI’S
4) LARGE SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE GOV T. WHEN TAXED
5) MORE LEGAL JOBS
6) SEX CRIMES
7) COST OF POLICING AND PRISON
8) MINORS BETTER PROTECTED
9) SAFER ENVIRONM ENT FOR PROSTITUTES & THEIR
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