The Fun Police

It goes like this:

Women being trafficked and forced into prostitution is an atrocity and should be stopped - at this point everyone is still in agreement.

What happens to them is rape - everyone pretty much agrees with this still.

And then: If there are EXTREMELY OBVIOUS warning signs that the prostitute in question is likely a victim of trafficking*, every single john who had sex with her anyway should be prosecuted for rape.

So many people froth at the mouth at the mere suggestion. They get furious if you suggest that this should be the law. But I think nothing could be more reasonable. Trafficking and forced prostitution flourishes because "normal" johns do not care if the prostitute they are paying is there voluntarily. They do not have to care (unless, maybe, if she is underage). Nothing will happen to him.

I say: Make johns deathly afraid of a prostitute possibly being trafficked. I want it to ruin lives to rape a woman who is clearly being forced to prostitute herself.

But no, apparently that's a horrible and hateful stance to have.

I agree that all johns are rapists. This is a kind of argument I like to make with people for two reasons:

It is VERY common and according to German senior detective superintendent Helmut Sporer, who has been investigating the field for decades, applies to "hundreds of thousands" of women in Germany. The extremely obvious signs are more common than NOT.

The person you are talking to cannot argue that these men are ignorant. It's genuinely SO obvious that these women are being trafficked that you cannot argue these john aren't wilfully accepting it. German law is extremely permissive, but it is clear that the legal concept of "billigend in Kauf nehmen"* does applies here. (*this is important in German law for proving criminal intent: The perpetrator is aware a consequence is possible and accepts it indifferently even if the consequence is not their goal. If that is the case, German courts treat it as INTENTIONAL and not negligence.)

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You only have to look at how many footballers who have rape accusations against them that happily represent their countries in huge tournaments like the World Cup without anyone really giving a shit to see what bollocks that is.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Thomas Partey (Ghana), Gonzalo Montiel (Argentina), Thiago Almada (Argentina), Junya Ito (Japan), Kaishu Sano (Japan), Ryan Mendes (Cabo Verde).

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A man who participated in a gang rape has been selected for the Japanese national team for the World Cup. His name is Kaishu Sano. He raped a woman with two other former players and was arrested. He was under police custody for 15 days.

However, he reached an out-of-court settlement with the victim, paid compensation and the case was dismissed due to lack of prosecution. In Japan, it is practically impossible for victims of sexual assault to go to court, and they are forced to settle out of necessity.

The Japan Football Association (JFA) is ignoring the protests and criticisms from the public. The Japan National Team’s coach Hajime Moriyasu has claimed that the gang rape was only a mistake and allowed the rapist to stay in the national team.

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