Legalizing Prostitution Doesn't Make It Safe

Our hosts Andrea Heinz (https://x.com/heinzsight2020) and Elly Arrow (https://x.com/EllyArrow) lay out why prostitution legalization fails to stop men from committing robbery, rape, and murder and doesn't shield women from chronic dissociation, trauma and harm. 

Links Andrea Heinz & Kathy King's book: "When Men Buy Sex, Who Pays" (https://www.whenmenbuysex.ca/) 

Statistics about sex buyers (https://dieunsichtbarenmaenner.wordpr...) in Germany 

Statistics about women in prostitution (https://dieunsichtbarenmaenner.wordpr...) in Germany 

Safety advice for women in prostitution in Germany (   • Sex Worker Safety Tips - A Closer Look  ) , in Italy (https://ellyarrow.wordpress.com/2018/...) , in New Zealand (https://www.feministcurrent.com/2018/...) 

Femicide (https://ellyarrow.wordpress.com/2021/...) in the German prostitution industry 

German sex buyer quotes (https://dieunsichtbarenmaenner.wordpr...) revealing a violent environment Women in prostitution taking HIV-PrEP (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...)

German prostitution survivor Huschke Mau's blog (https://huschkemau.de/en/) 

Comparing Germany & New Zealand's prostitution policy (https://catwinternational.org/wp-cont...) 

The reality of open prostitution in communities like Holbeck, Leeds, UK (https://nordicmodelnow.org/tag/holbeck/) 

Andrea Heinz's paper: "A Mule for the Patriarchy: Waking Up to the Harm of Prostitution to Wives and Families" (https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/vi...) 

Woman in legal German brothel (   • Meet the Women in Germany's Mega-Brothels ...  ) (later busted for trafficking) says she's happy she can say no sometimes when she couldn't previously 

German retired police detective (https://nordicmodelnow.org/wp-content...) gives insight into the criminal nature of the industry 

"The Myth of the Safe and Privileged High-Class Hooker" (https://ellyarrow.wordpress.com/2020/...)