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[🔺 AF3IRM Hawaiʻi 💜⚔️ @af3irmhawaii]

Eliminating violence against Native women must be on every candidate’s to-do list, including the issue of commercialized sex.

We’re bringing a new dimension to the debate.

We can support sex workers and humanely transition away from patriarchy. Read:

https://t.co/SMDZ32iUy2

[Not a Commodity @reformCDA230]

Does no one care that children will come to this event where they're sure to encounter exploiters and other predators? @WeAreSoze @MichaelSkolnik do you understand these ads promote FULL decrim which includes pimping? Do you even have an age req to enter this propaganda pop-up?

[NYDN Opinions @NYDNOpinions]

@CATWIntl @MTA @nycgov @NYCMayor @NYCTSubway @HelenRosenthal This editorial may interest you: https://t.co/DC1t2N4DWE

[CATW International @CATWIntl]

This is the true face of prostitution @MichaelSkolnik @WeAreSoze. Ada Trillo photographed hundreds of women in brothels of Ciudad Juárez from 2014-2017. All except 1 ♀ were Indigenous Mexicans. Only a handful are still alive. The sex trade musn't be celebrated but abolished.

[Laila Mickelwait @LailaMickelwait]

“More than 400,000 people have signed an online petition accusing sex site Pornhub of profiting off videos of sexual abuse and rape.”

⁦@NYDailyNews⁩ #Traffickinghub #Rapehub
https://t.co/hE3JXtMnBh

[Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions]

D.C.’s bill to decriminalize prostitution would hurt the people it aims to help, the Editorial Board writes https://t.co/fxJQXXtChc

[Toni Van Pelt @ToniVP]

Hundreds of sex trade survivors are asking @charlesallen, @AnitaBondsDC, @JackEvansWard2, @marycheh and @VinceGrayWard7 to #ProtectSurvivorsNOTBuyers. Join them in urging the Council to #Stop318DC because #FullDecrimHurtsEveryone.

[rights4girls @rights4girls]

Hundreds of young women in DC have made it clear that justice for them includes "hold[ing] individuals accountable when they buy young women for sex." It is critical that DC Council listen to their recommendations to end violence, found here: https://t.co/vlx32SYQPv #Stop318DC

[Khara Jabola-Carolus @KharaJabola]

Time for politicians to stand up to the prostitution lobby. No more 360 degree reforms. Center survivor solutions.

[Not a Commodity @reformCDA230]

Gotta love the mental gymnastics behind stating that sex workers are "more likely to experience violence from those who purchase sex" and then arguing for johns to be decriminalized in the next sentence. https://t.co/BEs3WezFRl via @metroweekly #SexWorkIsNeither

[Khara Jabola-Carolus @KharaJabola]

“Sex work” was coined by a white woman to promote the business.

The term didn’t reduce stigma for “sex workers” in countries that decriminalized “sex work” decades ago bc the stigma comes from subjugation and being objectified for use & exchange. It only destigmatizes buyers.

[Courtney's House @Courtneyshouse]

A HUGE thank you to the @PostOpinions for there thoughtful analysis. ”A better option that the council should consider is partial decriminalization, the so-called Nordic model, in which it is legal to sell sex but paying for sex, brothel-owning and pimping would remain crimes.”

[Elly Arrow @EllyArrow]

Legal brothels aren't remotely safe despite cameras, panic buttons and 'security' (putting this in quotation marks because they're routinely hired from criminal gangs). Women are attacked there all the time. An incomplete list can be found here: https://t.co/7qFRci0AOK

[Elly Arrow @EllyArrow]

One more time for the people in the back: It doesn't matter why a 🚺 enters the sex trade, her motivation is not a shield to john/pimp entitlement/violence. Dominatrixes who make three figures per day are amongst the raped/murdered, too. All 🚺 in the industry deserve solidarity.

[Nordic Model Now! @nordicmodelnow]

“But the problem isn’t one tycoon but many tens of thousands of men who pay for sex with underage girls across the country. And society as a whole reacts with the same indifference that the authorities showed in the Epstein scandal.”

https://t.co/mknc8speot

[Haley McNamara @HaleyMcNamara]

He did not have "sex."

He sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl.

Disgraceful headline @thehill- will you commit to change your headline reporting guidelines to be accurate on sexual assault cases? Otherwise, you normalize the crime and minimize the pain.

[I am Jane Doe @IAmJaneDoeFilm]

To all of the children and survivors who shared their experiences in #IamJaneDoe, your voices lifted a movement and cleared a pathway forward for justice. @MarianhatcherG @LynnNacole @kpandfamily @Survivors4Sols @nostrangerangel @rights4girls @ECPAT @MissingKids @CovenentHouse

[Not a Commodity @reformCDA230]

No that would be #EMSI. https://t.co/nRqrzn1oy2

[The Hill @thehill]

GOP senator admits vote on tax law could be "one of the worst votes I've made" https://t.co/OZMBiteQr3

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

https://t.co/8f4dKMMe6Z