Zurin Arctus

On the way to negotiate with some elves

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

Can any “sex work” advocate actually show a foolproof plan of how decriminalisation will end trafficking instead of causing it to explode?

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

Another instance of this occurring https://t.co/HlHlFbEnrA

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

That many of these “spas” and “massage centres” are able to promote prostitution so openly and not be shut down is an outrage . They barely attempt to hide what is going on

https://t.co/gVKRlVQP8Q

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

This is not a one off case with surrogacy
This is why it must be banned
So many buyers will likely wish for sons and not daughters

[Live Action @LiveAction]

Brittneyrose Torres was a surrogate carrying triplets, 2 boys and 1 girl.

The buyers told her to abort the girl.

Brittneyrose was to receive at least $25- 30k for carrying one baby and $5,000 extra for carrying two or more in her contract with the parents.

The biological parents claimed the contract included a provision which allowed them to tell Brittneyrose to abort, and they withheld payments unless she ended their daughter’s life.

The parents had been excited about the triplets in the beginning, then around 12 weeks they changed their minds.

Brittneyrose said she offered to adopt the baby girl, but the parents refused.

Price tags. Contracts. Payments.

Surrogacy reduces human beings to products and commodities, to be discarded at the convenience of the buyer.

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

Perhaps I am being foolish but I struggle to see how such a system could even theoretically work otherwise
It would be the sex workers word against the man’s and a court would have no way to disprove a man’s version of events

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

How exactly would this work in practice without having to create a worldwide database and have men log every single time they pay for sex ?

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

@sappholives83 @g_lamarche @WalesOnline It is a plague upon us
The media will seem to be willing to do anything to avoid calling male violence what it is and when that fails find a way to blame the victim

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

How exactly would this work in practice without having to create a worldwide database and have men log every single time they pay for sex ?

[Tayoncé Defense Attorney @lesbeyonsay]

you people don't engage with sw activists earnestly. "sex work is work" means that it should be recognised and given protections so that sw's can rely on the legal system and regulations like any other labourer who is harmed at work. it is meant for this exact scenario.

[Sex Industry Research - Replies @SexIndustryResA]

We spent 50 years getting women protected from being sexually abused in the office as part of "work".

Prostitution violates all workplace sexual harassment codes, as well as the bulk of workplace health and safety regulations.

[Sex Industry Research - Replies @SexIndustryResA]

"it’s so important not to jump into a policy debate (or a personal dispute!) when you haven’t investigated... That means listening to the best arguments from EVERY side before leaping into the fray! I am ALWAYS glad to answer questions via DM..."

- Anya

https://t.co/Y7rKuui6gQ

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

If ever anyone deserved to suffer
Still though the ease at which he was able to be presented as the sole bad apple concerns me greatly
https://t.co/mK8Oecc277

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

@PaulaSeeksTruth Those who are good will give you all the information they feel you require
Those who are evil will be petty and withhold vital information so you always need them to complete the puzzle

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

That many of these “spas” and “massage centres” are able to promote prostitution so openly and not be shut down is an outrage . They barely attempt to hide what is going on

https://t.co/gVKRlVQP8Q

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

This is a good step in the right direction though I would rather the penalties were more severe for purchasing sex

https://t.co/WlBF0aJUok

[郡司真子/ Masako GUNJI @Koiramako]

毒母から逃げるという文脈が、オンライングルーミング性加害、オンライン誘拐で悪用されているのが耐えがたい。

[Nordic Model Now! @nordicmodelnow]

FACT: Buying sex makes men more prone to violence against women

Studies of men who buy sex (punters) show that they are significantly more likely than other men to rape and engage in all forms of violence against women. A US study found that punters were nearly eight times more likely to rape than other men.

See next tweet for link to article with more information and references.

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

It is good to see people having a change of heart regarding euthanasia
Still unfortunately attempts to push it continue

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

Another celebrity backer has a change of heart (“I had never considered the social injustice it might bring.”)

As so often, the more that people look into AS legislation, the less likely they are to support it.

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

This is why victims frequently do not come forward. Having to relive the worst experience of your life for people who scrutinise every detail

[Maggie Oliver @MaggieOliverUK]

BREAKING🚨 The woman who accused Harvey Weinstein of r*ping her just walked away from the case — not because it wasn't true, but because the system broke her before it broke him.

Her name is Jessica Mann. She has spent EIGHT YEARS testifying against Weinstein. Two grand juries. Three trials. She told the same painful story over and over, sat through cross-examination about the most traumatic thing that ever happened to her, and never once wavered.

This week, she said she couldn't do it a fourth time. And honestly, who could?

Read what she wrote to the court: "The court gave so many privileges to Harvey Weinstein that it makes accountability nearly impossible. I have not had power or position in any of this. I have not had great wealth, nor have I had my own long-term legal representation."

And then this, which should stop you cold: she said pursuing justice "is better left a pipe dream."

Let that sink in. Not "I made it up." Not "it didn't happen." A woman who told the truth, consistently, for eight years, finally concluded that the system is so stacked toward a rich and powerful man that justice was never actually on the table for someone like her.

To be clear about what this is and isn't: Weinstein is still in prison. He's still convicted of sexually assaulting another woman in New York, and of rape in California. Prosecutors said plainly they believe Mann. They called her brave. This isn't him being cleared. It's him being protected by exhaustion — by a process designed so that a billionaire with endless lawyers can outlast a survivor until she simply can't stand up again.

That's the quiet way powerful men win. Not innocence. Attrition.

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

This is just one way the media fuels a negative attitude towards female victims by downplaying what happened

[. @LouiseRawAuthor]

I will be pursuing a press complaint against you @DailyMail for this revolting, dangerous, damaging headline.

His poor daughter went to live with him after a difficult life, hoping for love and stability. He got her blind drunk & raped her. She killed herself.
Shame on you.

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

“I’m not going to do anything but if another guy did you’d deserve it” Is sadly an extremely common attitude

[Zurin Arctus @Neveraviking]

@PaulaSeeksTruth Good to see you back

[Milli Hill @millihill]

This headline from @Independent
clearly blames the mother for this tragedy. In fact, the father was in charge of the toddler at the time.
https://t.co/Ys7X8DIgDY

[Sex Industry Research @SexIndustryRes]

#SexIndustryArticles

Assisted suicide is back and my misgivings have never been stronger

https://t.co/D8CA4ModFP

"even if we stick to a service aimed only at the terminally ill, there are many reasonable concerns here, reinforced by various people I’ve met over the past few months. This week, a GP told me that, when a commitment to 24/7 palliative support was withdrawn in her area, the system for end-of-life care became much more chaotic.

Like me, she worries about introducing assisted death as an option when alternative means of controlling pain are not widely available; for this will obviously funnel more people towards assisted death instead. A hospice worker also talked of the devastating lack of funding affecting her sector, with a dwindling pot of charity donations trying to cover around 70 per cent of the costs.

And perhaps most strikingly, a woman whose mother died on the notorious Liverpool Care Pathway – a standardised medical protocol for withdrawing treatment that quickly became an inhumane cost-cutting exercise – reminded me of how impersonal NHS systems aimed at ease and efficiency can go very wrong.

In the past few months, I have also met a retired care home manager, keen to convey to me how unscrupulous the relatives of elderly people can be, particularly where money is involved – an aspect of human nature with obvious repercussions for assisted death services. I’ve heard from parents of learning disabled children, frightened of a future in which their highly suggestible daughter or son might meet an over-zealous doctor.

Oncologists have explained how easy it is to get a terminal prognosis wrong, and senior psychiatrists have admitted that they have little idea how to assess the mental capacity of someone intending to end his own life.

In short, I’ve heard from a range of people with professional or personal skin in the game, gravely concerned about the ramifications of introducing state-backed suicide into a health service. Yet according to high-profile supporters of assisted dying, these worries are foolishly panic-mongering. I find this attitude bafflingly irresponsible and naïve.

Parliamentary scrutiny of the Leadbeater bill has revealed many shortfalls yet Edwards says she will be incorporating no amendments.

This means, among other things, there will be no requirement that applicants get a specialist palliative care consultation before proceeding to take their lives; no enhanced scrutiny of applicants’ backgrounds to rule out the possibility of family coercion; no prohibition on doctors suggesting assisted death to a patient unprompted; no exemption for learning disabled people generally; no engagement with the evidence offered by Royal College of Psychiatrists that the Mental Capacity Act is not a good fit.

These are just a few of the red flags that most sensible, conscientious people can see from space. Even amongst voters who support the idea of assisted death in principle, recent polling suggests that most are keen to see proper safeguards built in; and yet the people pushing the process at the top seem disturbingly keen to press on regardless.

Alongside professed compassion for suffering people, an even more popular justification of assisted death services is that they give people “autonomy” and “choice”, and never mind that the choice will hang more heavily over some than others. The attitude was effectively summed up by another person I met this weekend, who asked me why her own personal choice to die exactly as and when she wanted should be impeded by social problems affecting other people.

Rather than shocking, I found her frank expression of self-interest rather refreshing. I tend to suspect her sentiment is more common than usually admitted, and especially amongst politicians. The rest of us just have to make sure – once again – that such cheerfully myopic people do not get the last word."