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Britain to delete term "prostitute" from law books
Reuters ^
| 6/28/07
| Staff
Posted on 06/28/2007 6:59:20 AM PDT by Millee
- Britain is proposing to remove the term "prostitute" from the criminal statutes because it carries too much stigma.
Instead, a new bill that the Justice Ministry has drafted refers simply to persons who sell sex persistently -- defined as twice or more in three months.
"We just wanted to remove the stigma of the label 'common prostitute'," said a spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry.
"It's been around since 1824, so it was a bit outdated. It just wasn't really helpful to label people."
The new bill introduces measures to try to get sex workers out of the industry, and in effect decriminalizes prostitution for those who are not considered persistent.
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: language; pc; prostitution; uk
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To: girlscout
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posted on
06/28/2007 10:29:00 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: Millee; al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; ...
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posted on
06/28/2007 10:29:56 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: Millee
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posted on
06/28/2007 10:33:45 AM PDT
by
agent_delta
(One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture -- a pale blue eye with a film over it.)
To: JRios1968; agent_delta
I imagine this is whorable news to some people.
To: agent_delta
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posted on
06/28/2007 10:37:44 AM PDT
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
06/28/2007 10:40:37 AM PDT
by
agent_delta
(One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture -- a pale blue eye with a film over it.)
To: Millee
Oh yes, another attempt to remove shame. Imagine what the world would be like if shame were eradicated - that seems to be the goal of some (sexual perverts, deadbeats, etc) - and nobody passed judgment on anyone else. We’d be brutes. Shame keeps us from doing a whole lot of undesirable things. The fear of being embarrassed or ostracized is a great motivator.
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posted on
06/28/2007 11:11:32 AM PDT
by
Jaysun
(It's like people who hate corn bread and hate anchovies, but love cornchovie bread.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
06/28/2007 11:35:17 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: Millee
Does this now mean that they are going to re-examine the common usage of presstitute?
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posted on
06/28/2007 11:39:36 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
To: Millee
How about the other words:
whore
harlot
strumpet
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:00:45 PM PDT
by
fredhead
(Teach a man to fish.......and he'll fish for a lifetime.)
To: JRios1968; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
How about "Commercial Semen Production Facilitator?"
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:04:09 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
To: Millee
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:10:04 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Liberals, A terrorists best friend!)
To: Millee
LOVE BROKERS!
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:40:27 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Thompson for President: 2008, 2012: Jindal for President 2016, 2020)
To: Millee
34
posted on
06/28/2007 5:29:07 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: RSmithOpt
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posted on
06/28/2007 5:33:11 PM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
To: Gideon T. Reader
Howzabout prostitician
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posted on
06/28/2007 5:35:25 PM PDT
by
Churchillspirit
(We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
To: Churchillspirit
EGGZACTLEE!!
I will use Prostitician, if you dont mind.
And you may use the term I coined:
Polititurd.
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posted on
06/28/2007 7:10:01 PM PDT
by
Gideon T. Reader
(DEMOCRATS: Not quite American. PALESTINIANS: A proud history of mindless violence since 1964.)
To: Millee
I've always wondered why that activity is a crime anyway.
Everybody pays for it, one way or another.
To: Millee
Don’t tell me — in favor of the more politically correct “’ho”.
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posted on
06/28/2007 7:29:51 PM PDT
by
mhking
(I make my livin' on the evening news -- BTW, I won an Emmy this week!)
To: RSmithOpt
How's abouts: FAVOR TRADER? or PLEASURE ENGINEER?That's rather insensitive to those of us in the profession.
/snicker
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posted on
06/29/2007 9:57:12 AM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Pray for the president, for he has clearly gone insane.)
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