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SnowdropExplodes of A Femanist View reports on another case where the sin of pedophilia is washed away by the magic of being sex for hire.
Livvy @ The English Courtesan writes about a 15 year old girl who was working as an escort. According to the news article she links, the girl’s work was discovered when a teacher searched her school bag and found condoms, lube and the card of the escort agency.
So far the only person to have faced charges in court is… the schoolgirl herself. Not the escort agency, and not the clients (both of whom have actually broken the law, whereas the schoolgirl herself, as far as I can see, hasn’t – unless she was liable to tax on her earnings).
Seriously, this isn’t an insolvable problem. It continues to astonish me that anyone, let alone paid professionals, are so persistently dazzled by Teh Sex Work yet so indifferent to statutory rape let alone (in the case of trafficked individuals) rape rape when sex-work is involved.
I know a number of readers are more familiar with sex work than I, from both the pro- and anti- perspectives. Any idea what the sticking point would be?
