lisawsimpson

burka oder prostitution - hauptsache ✨selbstbestimmt ✨

[lisawsimpson @lisawsimpson]

..vor allem Vergewaltigern, Zuhältern und Bordellbesitzern! Als Gewerkschaft stehen wir hinter den Tätern <3
https://t.co/mDQEBZ1TMz

[Fräulein Meyer macht Schule @Meyermacht]

Ich übersetz euch den AfD Vorschlag: „Für putzen, kochen und Kinder bekommen, brauchen Mädchen kein Abitur…"
Das sind die Konsequenzen deiner Wahl!

[Così @Cosifantutte]

„Sofortige Beendigung der Sexwork-Ausstellung in der Bundeskunsthalle” - Jetzt unterschreiben! https://t.co/C1jCP716o6 via @ChangeGER

[lisawsimpson @lisawsimpson]

@HellesSachsen Täterschutz

[lisawsimpson @lisawsimpson]

Linkspartei entschiedet, dass sich Frauen in der Partei nicht mehr ohne Männer organisieren dürfen. Nur noch „FLINTA“ Plenum #linkebpt #linke #frauenrechte #frauenräume

[Kritische Linke @kritischeLinke]

Ärger im Queer-Paradies: TINAs fliehen vom Frauenplenum auf dem #LinkeBPT, weil kein »sicherer Ort«. Warum? Jemand hat wohl gewagt, bei der Frauenquote an Frauen zu denken. Die Folge: Alarmismus, Tränen, Trump-Vergleich. Schutzräume für Frauen? In dieser Partei verdächtig rechts.

[Sex Industry Research @SexIndustryRes]

#SexIndustryArticles

What I saw in German red light districts really shocked me

https://t.co/8dJSsQaQsU

"For almost 20 years, Simon Häggström has been hunting sex buyers and human traffickers in Stockholm. Here the head of a special unit explains how a ban on buying sex can change a society - and what punishments men have to expect.

The so-called Nordic model, which was first introduced in Sweden in 1999, marks a paradigm shift: it criminalizes the purchase of sexual services, while the prostitutes themselves remain unpunished and are supported in the long term by exit programs. The concept is also being discussed for Germany. A commission appointed by Federal Minister for Women's Affairs Prien (CDU) is currently evaluating the German Prostitution Protection Act.

But how does the Nordic model actually work? WELT talked about it with Simon Häggström. The Swede is the head of a special unit of the Stockholm police against prostitution and human trafficking.

WELT: Mr. Häggström, you are an investigator in the specialist unit against prostitution of the Stockholm police. What does your work look like? Do you go on patrols at night and search for illegal brothels in apartments?

Simon Häggström: At the moment my colleagues and I form a team of four police officers, both men and women. Our normal working day starts with us in the afternoon seeing online ads for prostitution in Stockholm. We focus on factors that signal a particular need for protection. These can be very low prices, the offer of extreme sex practices, very young-looking women or even tattoos, which are often a sign of "possession" by pimps. We then decide which women we want to visit in the evening and book an appointment with them, pretending to be sex buyers. Then we go to the address with our social workers.

Häggström: On site we only talk to the women. We explain the legal situation to them and emphasize that the police are on their side and they have not done anything wrongful. Then we give them our phone numbers and leave again. This is how we build trust with the women so that they can call us when they need help or are ready to get out of prostitution.

WELT: But your powers go even further.

Häggström: Yes. We can investigate sex buyers up to two years after the crime and also have the ability to secure chat messages on the prostitutes' phones. So we no longer have to wait for hours in front of an apartment and can spend more time talking to the women and building trust.

WELT: Are suitors also "fed-handed"? In your book, you describe a man, Mr. Andersson, who had sex for sale in the cemetery. Elsewhere, the sex act took place in a car. You and your colleague stepped in directly at that time.

Häggström: Nowadays, we mainly carry out investigative work and carry out fewer surveillance on the street. Occasionally, sex buyers are still arrested red-handed, but usually the arrest takes place later. First we secure evidence and record the woman's statement - only then do we arrest the buyer for the crime.

WELT: How many times a year does this happen, and what kind of men are affected?

Häggström: In recent years, we have initiated about 500 investigations every year against sex buyers who come from all walks of life. We have arrested doctors, policemen, clergymen - every profession you can imagine. The men also have all kinds of nationalities, every age and every imaginable economic background is represented. The difference between sex buyers and non-sex buyers lies solely in their image of women: whether and how they value women.

WELT: Please explain this to us.

Häggström: A man with good moral values and a healthy attitude towards sexuality would never pay for it. He has no interest in it at all, because he just wants to be with someone who also wants to be with him. But a man who considers women as a "consumer good" and thinks that in a sexual relationship only he himself counts will have no problem buying sex. He doesn't care about the woman's situation. He is only interested in satisfying his own sexual desires. And that is why it is so important to have a law that makes it clear to young men in particular what is acceptable and what is not – and that we do not want to live in a society where women's bodies are for sale.

WORLD: "Mr. Andersson will regret his mistake for the rest of his life," you continue in your book about the suitor. What is meant by that?

Häggström: In Sweden, a man risks a lot if he pays for sex. If he is arrested, his family, friends and colleagues will most likely find out. Sex buying is considered one of the most shameful crimes in Sweden. He could lose his marriage, his job and all his friends. In addition, the act remains recorded in his criminal record for ten years. So if he applies for a job in the public service or wants to work with children, he will most likely not get the job.

WELT: And what are the penalties for buying sex in Sweden?

Häggström: A first-time offender receives a suspended sentence and a fine, in addition to the aforementioned ten years in the criminal record. If he is arrested a second time, he usually has to go to prison for 30 days. The crime is called "purchase of a sexual service".

WORLD: What do the men you catch tell you? How does the contact work?

Häggström: The men react very differently. Most, however, initially panic and try to talk themselves out of the situation. They know they have a lot to lose, so they're begging us to let them go this once and so on. If they confess to the crime, the prosecutor usually doesn't have to take the case to court. However, if the buyer disputes the crime, he may end up in a public court hearing.

WORLD: The Swedish police should rather hunt "real" criminals and not the "nice" customers, men who would never hurt a woman, but just want a little "innocent sex". You've heard that, too, haven't you?

Häggström: People who say such a thing do not know what prostitution means to the women concerned. They are traumatized every day by every single sex buyer. They suffer severe physical and psychological trauma. There is no "nice sex buyer". And there is no "innocence" for the sex buyer when he has sex with a woman who does not want to have sex with him. Prostitution is violence against women, and that is exactly how we must treat them.

WELT: Let's talk about the "sex workers" you have met over the years. What is their background?
Häggström: The woman you find on the street, in brothels or in apartments almost always comes from countries like Romania, Ukraine or Colombia. She most likely has a weak economic background and was somehow forced or pushed into prostitution by someone else. In the majority of our cases, we see two factors: poverty and a history of sexual abuse. And there is also a good reason why we do not call prostitution "work" in Sweden.

WORLD: Which one?

Häggström: Well, because she has nothing to do with work at all. It's not a "job like any other"! Anyone who claims this has never seen the reality of prostitution. Prostitution is harmful, not only to the individuals involved, but to society as a whole. What kind of country would we be if the purchase of sex were legalized and young men grew up with the attitude that they could simply pay an 18-year-old woman from Ukraine so that they could do whatever they wanted with her?

WELT: The Nordic model is intended to improve the lives of these women. Why do you think it works well, what does it change in a society?

Häggström: If the purchase of sex is criminalized, there are fewer sex buyers overall, which means that less money can be made and ultimately fewer women are put into prostitution. The Nordic model therefore has a preventive effect, but also a normative one: the law gives women in prostitution power. They are not the criminals, they are the buyers. And so the police are just a phone call away.

WORLD: Sweden has been practicing this approach for over 25 years now. What lessons were learned, were there any readjustments?

Häggström: We have learned a lot since the law was passed in 1999. For example, we have built up cooperation with social workers who now accompany us in every single assignment. This is a huge improvement. In addition, we have deepened our cooperation with those organizations that can help women get out of prostitution quickly and professionally. As for the law: There was a change in 2022 that introduced a minimum penalty of one month in prison - before that there were only fines. And last year the sex purchase law was also extended to the online sex purchase.

WELT: The advocates of the model claim that there is now 50 percent less street prostitution in Sweden, is that true?

Häggström: I would even say that the decline is far more than 50 percent. In Stockholm, for example, there is hardly any street prostitution. For a city with around two million inhabitants in the region, I think this is quite unique. Internationally, however, prostitution is increasingly move into the field of online advertisements, it mainly takes place in apartments and hotel rooms. What we can definitely see is that the overall market in Sweden is far smaller than in countries with legalized prostitution systems. In Stockholm, for example, we have 150 online ads per day, in Germany alone for a city like Munich it is between 500 and 600 ads. We estimate that there are still about a thousand women working in prostitution in Sweden, while the estimates for Germany are about 200,000 to 250,000 women.

WORLD: Germany is often referred to by critics as the "brothel of Europe": Free people could get sex in this country from five euros, there are large-scale brothels, around 100,000 active customers every day. How do you see the situation here?

Häggström: When we made the reading trip with the German version of my first book, we traveled through 14 cities. If the city had a red light district, we visited it. What I saw there really shocked me. The sheer size of the entire market, but also the normalization. My followers on Instagram couldn't believe that the pictures I posted were real.

WELT: You have also expressed the concern that suitors are becoming more and more ruthless as a result of the such a comfortable "buyer market" that exists in Germany. How could this be expressed, for example?
Häggström: When the purchase of sex is legalized, men feel entitled to have sex how and with whom they want. They think it's their right. We can see that they have no empathy and no respect for the women they buy sex from. The demanded sex practices are becoming more brutal, violent and dangerous, while the prices paid are very low. In addition, you can read in online forums for sex buyers what low opinions these men have about women in prostitution, but also about women in general.

WORLD: Could or should Swedish legislation be a role model for countries like Germany?
Häggström: Yes, I am convinced of that. The Nordic model has successfully shifted the focus: away from the criminalization of the weakest to the responsibility of those who generate demand. We also see that the attitude has changed in Swedish society, especially among the younger generation. If you look at the purchase of sex for what it is – a form of exploitation – then such a law is the logical consequence. Ultimately, it's about what kind of society we want to be. A society in which everything is for sale? Or one that protects the dignity and freedom of each individual?"

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

But men ARE a defective version of women. The Y chromosome is a corrupted version of the X chromosome and is slowly disappearing. Males developed as the secondary sex to take on the drone-like roles in their communities. Men are naturally submissive and happiest following orders.

[Bree @BreeFinale]

"People [who speak of "nice customers"] don't know what prostitution means for the women involved. They are traumatized daily by every single sex buyer. They suffer severe physical and psychological trauma. There is no such thing as a nice sex buyer."

[♀ @revelfemme]

the bdsm discourse on the tl reminded me of this post

[EFE @efe_539]

schöne frauen sollten eigentlich gar nicht arbeiten müssen die gesellschaft sollte einfach dankbar sein dass sie existieren

[lisawsimpson @lisawsimpson]

@kaiwegner Dann endlich das Nordische Modell!

[lisawsimpson @lisawsimpson]

@Critical__Cat kann man ja mal die muslimbruderschaft fragen, ob die das auch als feministisches symbol begreifen..

[Critical Cat | @Critical__Cat]

ARD Kultur erklärt das islamische Kopftuch zu einem feministischen Symbol. Derartige Beiträge sind eine schallende Ohrfeige für Frauen im Iran oder Afghanistan:

[Mah🍒 Ⓐ⋆˚ ⁷ @mahcherrys]

Só porque você tem direitos hoje, não significa que vá ter amanhã

(Afeganistão 1970/2026)

[Rose @roseWeCanWoman]

Ich stelle mich im Theater an.

Unisex Klo.

10 Männer in der Reihe.
Und ich. Die einzige Frau.

Wie hoch war mein Wohlfühl-Faktor?

Wie hoch wäre der Wohlfühl-Faktor DEINER Frau oder DEINER Tochter?

Und was, wenn es kein Theater ist, sondern ein Fußball-Stadium?

[Frau Marie 🐦 @Frollein_VogelV]

Das Kopftuch ist ein anti-feministisches Symbol und jeder der versucht es als Empowerment oder Modeacessoire umzudeuten belügt sich selbst

[Rona @ronalyze]

Georgine Kellermann, ehemalige Führungskraft des @WDR in Essen, hat sich beim #DykeMarchBerlin daran beteiligt, eine Gruppe demonstrierender Lesben zu blockieren und vom Dyke March auszuschließen. Der Block, der zum großen Teil aus Männern bestand, brüllte „TERFs verpisst Euch. Keiner vermisst Euch“ und weitere frauenverachtende und lesbenfeindliche Botschaften. Die Lesben wurden eingekesselt, beschimpft, mit Gegenständen beworfen, es wurde ein Schild entwendet und versucht, dieses zu verbrennen. Männer versuchten außerdem, sie abzudrängen und ihre Banner unsichtbar zu machen. Die Lesben demonstrierten friedlich. Sie hielten Schilder hoch wie „Lesbe. Gleichgeschlechtlich liebende Frau“, „My vulva is a female only space“, „Gender. The cause of dysphoria. Not the solution“ und trugen ein Banner mit „Wir Lesben sind überall“. Auf der Gegenseite waren sie mit „TERFs can suck my trans dick“ konfrontiert.

#Lesbenfeindlichkeit #LesbenXX #VAWG

[♀ emma 𖦹 @radfemma]

if you have a gender identity you are promoting & supporting patriarchy & sexism. full stop.

[Bundesverband Nordisches Modell @BV_Nord_Modell]

Jede Nachbesserung des Prostituiertenschutzgesetzes macht ein gescheitertes System nur noch komplizierter, ohne seine Ursachen zu beseitigen. Solange Sexkauf legal bleibt und Prostitution als normaler Markt behandelt wird, bleibt umfassender Schutz eine Illusion.
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