| # | Name | Comments |
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| 151 | Anonymous | Sex trafficking is vile and if men are 'paying' for sex with coerced women they are rapists and if the women were not coerced (i.e. are just the more usual victims of child sex abuse and other traumas) then the men are creeps. Buying sex should be as illegal as buying human organs for translplant and for the same reason. |
| 152 | lindsey brown | i feel it is a discrace how children are not protected enough by current laws. they are forced to become prostitutes at such young ages, it is discusting. WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD????????????? |
| 153 | Heather Pass | I have become aware of the amount of prostitution locally, mostly of Eastern European origin and sadly these victims are modern day slaves, which I find intolerable in our society in 2007. I urge you to look at the stance taken by the Swedish government and to stigmatise men instead of these unfortunate women. |
| 154 | Lianda Gibson | Evidence shows that this is the only legislative way of containing and decreasing the sex industry, to legalise or decriminalise only leads to exponential expansion of the industry (see Holland and some states in Australia) with an increase in illegal brothels, organised crime and big business pimps. Most women are not safer under legalisation or decriminalation, it only puts more at risk by expanding the industry. |
| 155 | Kate Patten | |
| 156 | Ruth Borgars | |
| 157 | Elizabeth Fell | |
| 158 | Adei Bundy | the law should not be changed but more should be done to get the girls out of prostituion!! Giving the girls slightly better working conditions may ease the pain but the main thing is that the problem will still be there! |
| 159 | Anonymous | |
| 160 | Heather | |
| 161 | Roisin Isaacs | Iradication of sex slaves is of paramount importance in todays civilised world for women & children.
Control of sexually transmitted diseases spread via prostitution based unprotected sexual activity is essential.
Control of prostitution based abuse is essential.
Increase of male sexual responsibility towards society is essential. |
| 162 | Anonymous | Prostitution is the starkest form of sex domination of women by men - this is sexual terrorism |
| 163 | Anonymous | |
| 164 | Emma Sales | I'm 18 years old, and am already sick of what the world has come to be. I want to see an end to trafficking, the raping of thousands of girls and women everyday. STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. i also think that girls and boys should be taught at school what rape is and made aware of it. so that boys can understand the effects on that individuals life and so girls no that they have the right to say NO. so many turn a blind eye. all i can say once again its sick. |
| 165 | Anonymous | |
| 166 | Anna-Belle Woollcott | |
| 167 | Alistair Coleman | |
| 168 | laura stoddart | |
| 169 | Anonymous | |
| 170 | Mr Cute | i think its ridiculous that girls cannot control their lives how they like. |
| 171 | sasha flanagan | |
| 172 | Connie Smith | |
| 173 | Will Simpson | |
| 174 | Emily Johnson | |
| 175 | Helena Mitchell | |
| 176 | Dorothy Michael | I am a victim of traffick,who happens to be the most misunderstood person in the whole world.What saddens me the most is that i am now a victim for being a victim.almost 8 yrs of suffering,now am starting to realise that this world is not for me. |
| 177 | lillie naor | |
| 178 | Anonymous | |
| 179 | Kay Herm | |
| 180 | Andrew Kerr | Demand creates supply, criminalise the demand and the lives of thousands of women will be changed forever. The same should apply to the porn industry, which is equally degrading to women. |
| 181 | Anonymous | I support the view that prostitution is an abuse of women and that criminality should be placed with the purchaser mainly men. |
| 182 | suzanne warren | i am currently working in the us but as a british woman i think the swedish model is the only logical way forward. we have seen what has happened in the countries that try to legalize prostitution and it just exacerbates the problem. there has been a lot of coverage recently about the dutch reviewing their policies because they have failed. please do something about this. it's very important for british society. |
| 183 | Anonymous | |
| 184 | Toni Newell | |
| 185 | Anonymous | Paying for sex is sick enough, but paying to force someone to have sex with you is even worse. |
| 186 | Anonymous | |
| 187 | Samantha Money | At 22, I have for several years strongly believed that prostitution should be legalised, and have been very vocal about it with my friends. As mentioned regularly it's "the oldest profession in the world" and we'll never get rid of it, so just make it safer and easier for prostitutes to get help if they get into trouble - they have no one to turn to: if they get beaten up or raped, they can't go to the police because they'll be arrested for soliciting. |
| 188 | Bridget Phillipson | |
| 189 | Anonymous | |
| 190 | Thushara Dassanayake | |
| 191 | Siobhan O'loughlin | british men do not have a right use slaves and their access to slaves should not be protected. |
| 192 | Anja Kimberley | |
| 193 | trisha baptie | |
| 194 | David Tong | I am prepared to sign this petition only on the clear understanding that I am totally opposed to anything resembling the current Swedish legislation ever being introduced in the UK. I certainly want to see a change in the present equivocal laws on prostitution, and so have ticked the 'yes' box, but the change I want to to see is decriminalisation in preference to either legalisation or prohibition. That is the way forward advocated by the English Collective of Prostitutes, not least because it affords the maximum freedom of choice to all concerned. I find it very strange that those claiming to be acting in the best interests of sex workers are never prepared to listen to them, let alone take their views into consideration. I fully concur with the views on morals expressed by Max Normal, signatory 172. Sex between consenting adults in this country should be entirely a matter of individual freedom of choice, irrespective of whether payment or any other tokens of appreciation are involved, and certainly not a matter for unwarranted interference from the nanny state. As regards the trafficking issue, if the authorities in Eastern European countries cannot stop their teenage girls being kidnapped and exported like cattle, then the fault emphatically lies there and not in the UK. Those countries are now also members of the EU, so what are the EU fat cats in Luxemburg doing about it apart from pontificating in therir ivory towers? I see no reason at all why we in the UK should be expected to forfeit rights and freedoms which have existed in this country since before Magna Carta just because the authorities in other countries cannot do their job properly. Trafficking must be dealt with by using legitimate methods, and there has clearly been some very muddled thinking on this subject. Attempting to suppress the entire industry, most of which is entirely legitimate and consensual, in a country this size would just cause waste and divert resouces from dealing with trafficking specifically and effectively. I would rigorously vote against any government foolish enough to attempt to introduce anything resembling the current Swedish legislation into the UK, and the present government don't exactly look as if they can afford to lose any more support if they are to stand the remotest chance of being reelected. For a report on the real-world consequences of the Swedish legislation, see: http://www.salli.org/info/lib/kulick-un-talkswe.pdf If you agree you are welcome to sign my petition at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SwedishModel |
| 195 | Anonymous | Govt should make some law to reduce prstiution or for the safety of prostitutes, because their lives are aswell costly like or human. |
| 196 | Helen Lumb | |
| 197 | Laura jones | It is the men who visit prostitutes that need to be caught named and shamed. It is abuse. Men actually think that these women ejoy it! the men need educating and psychological help. how would they feel if it was their daughter sister ect. The women need rescuing and helping with drug habbits and eventually getting their self respect back. The whole thing is sick. Awarenness needs to be raised, I had no idea about this dark seedy underworld until quite recently. Its shocking and words fail me. |
| 198 | emma massey | |
| 199 | Anonymous | I am a man and I think it is disgusting that other men challenge the need for this legislation. Legisation is needed and FAST to stop these abuses we are supposed to be living in a civilised country. |
| 200 | Alastair Barrow | |