The prostitution laws of Canada are being looked over, and the new law proposal from June 1st this year is partly inspired of the Swedish sex trade law. Focus will now be put on pimps – “they who treat sexual services as merchandise”. The proposal has met resistance, though, and the argument is that it… Read more »
Real Stars publishes this thoughtful text, that provides insight into the struggle against prostitution, by Kajsa Ekis Ekman, debater and author of the book “Being and Goods.” She has met Lydia Cacho from Mexico, who is constantly subjected to death threats for exposing the abuse of women and children. Both met in Australia. Debating prostitution… Read more »
RealStars participated in the Nordic Forum that was held in Malmo on 12-15 June 2014. At the Nordic Forum, sociology students Bianca Hallas and Love Rosendal presented a paper entitled ‘Perspectives on Purchasing Sex’ that is based on five interviews with young sex purchasers. Two main themes emerged from the young men’s descriptions: ‘The Advantages… Read more »
Four years after passing a Sex Trade Law, Norway has begun evaluating its efficacy. The results are striking and positive and appear to indicate a significant reduction in the demand for prostitutes. The Norwegian legislation against buying sex went active January 1 of 2009 – the reason being that the then current Norwegian Government wanted… Read more »
The family owned Hotel Flora is located at Grönsakstorget in Gothenburg. The hotel becomes the first in the country with the clear slogan: ”This is a Fair Sex hotel”. The Fair Sex slogan is produced by RealStars and is an indicator of the fact that this hotel actively works against sex trade and trafficking. The… Read more »
During this week, RealStars is on location at Almedalen, protesting the German ship brothel Lust Yacht in order to encourage more people to take action for an enforced legislation against sex trade. Lust Yacht is a German ship brothel advertising that the best party in Almedalen is found beyond Swedish borders. All over Almedalen we’ve… Read more »
Sexual exploitation: a growing menace is an annual report on development and trends regarding sexual exploitation during 2012. The report was produced by Fondation Scelles, a French organisation founded by Jean and Jeannes Scelles in 1994. This report is part of the organisations effort to create an awareness regarding prostitution and trafficking among politicians, but… Read more »
A man stands up and says: “I have bought sex twice in my entire life but after hearing this I will never do it again. I could not live with myself”. Wiesbaden is a small city near Frankfurt with population of just under three hundred thousand. It used to be a place where the European… Read more »
The Gothenburg Tourist Fair was crowded at Conference Centre in Gothenburg this weekend. About six of us talked to visitors and about “the dark side of travelling” during three days. Thanks to everyone! We talked about the expansion of the sex trade and how travellers can make a difference – Travel for Fair Sex, where we can… Read more »
Berlin was the first city we visited on our European tour to see the country from the perspective of Fair Sex. The winter cold had set in. We had a full program and met NGOs such as SOLWODI and Neustart, a journalist and the Swedish Embassy. We also visited the Bundestag where we learnt that… Read more »
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