1. Prostituţia – o nouă formă de violenţă asupra femeii
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2. Cine este APFR?
ONG – care luptă împotriva formelor de violenţă asupra femeii şi lucrează în mod special cu femei victime ale violenţei în familie şi abuzului sexual.
500 de beneficiare anual
10% - 20% victime ale abuzului sexual
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3. Acţiuni întreprinse de noi. Finalităţi.
– am luat în atenţie fenomenul prostituţiei, studiu de caz.
Pt prima dată resimţim nevoia de a adopta o anumită atitudine: Pro sau Contra?
Studii de analiză comparativă la nivel internaţional,
Masă rotundă la nivel local (60 de pers) cu reprez ai instituţiilor şi organizaţiilor locale
Contactarea organizaţiilor care lucrează în domeniul traficului de persoane,
Contactarea ambasadelor
Acţiuni la nivelul mass-media
Studii de monitorizare – presa şi justiţia locală
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4. Concluziile la care am ajuns noi
România nu vede prostituţia ca o problemă şi chiar o acceptă ca o realitate posibilă în ciuda faptului că este ilegală......
Ex. Droguri la supermarket....
Reprezentanţii instituţiilor publice vorbesc despre prostituate în termeni de infractoare, şi nu de victime
Reprezentanţii politici au avut câteva încercări de propuneri de lege, dar în absenţa unor studii, cercetări care să reflecte realitatea locală/naţională.
Anumite organizaţii sunt deschise să vorbească şi să se implice mai mult în acţiuni legate de trafic decât de prostituţie
Unele instituţii de presă se hrănesc din prostituţie
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5. Drept urmare...
există o stagnare generală care împiedică luarea unei anumite direcţii, ceea ce face ca anumite oraşe să devină adevărate zone de turism sexual (ex. Timişoara).
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6. de la 2 la 7 ani şi interzicerea unor drepturi” (proxenetism)
Un exemplu...
In 6 luni de monitorizare APFR a consemnat peste de anunturi cu oferte de servicii sexuale la sectiunea “Posta lui Cupidon”
de tipul “Femei care se oferă” (Frumoasă, curată şi discretă ofer companie intimă domnilor generoşi).
Îndemnul ori înlesnirea practicării prostituţiei sau tragerea de foloase de pe urma
practicării prostituţiei de către o persoană se pedepseşte cu închisoarea
de la 2 la 7 ani şi interzicerea unor drepturi” (proxenetism)
Codul Penal, art.328
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7. Prin definiţie prostituţia este:
“Fapta unei persoane care îşi procură mijloacele de existenţă sau principalele mijloace de existenţă, practicând raporturi sexuale cu diferite persoane, se pedepseşte cu închisoare de la 3 luni la 3 ani.” (Codul Penal, art.328)
Dar, este mai mult de atât…..
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8. Prostituţia este: a) hărţuire sexuală b) viol c) violenţă fizică
d) violenţă verbală
e) violenţă domestică
f) practică rasistă
g) o violare a drepturilor omului
h) abuzare sexuală a copiilor
i) o consecinţă a dominaţiei bărbaţilor asupra femeilor
j) un mijloc de menţinere a dominaţiei bărbaţilor asupra femeilor
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9. Ce ar trebui să ştie oamenii?
Care sunt consecinţele legalizării prostituţiei?
Extinderea fenomenului în funcţie de cererea pt sex
Iluzia promovării sănătăţii femeii (statistici internaţionale arată că bărbaţii sunt dispuşi să plătească mai mult pentru sex fără prezervativ)
Aşa numitele „politici de siguranţă” din bordeluri nu apără femeile împotriva maltratării.
Încurajarea creşterii puterii economice şi sociale a unor indivizi ce practică politici de sclavie vizavi de femei.
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10. Ce ar trebui să ştie oamenii?
Care sunt consecinţele legalizării prostituţiei?
Menţinerea consumului de droguri
Menţinerea traficului
Creşterea criminalităţii şi a comportamentelor delincvente in zonele rezervate pentru prostituţie
Creşterea insecurităţii şi excluderii sociale a copiilor femeilor prostituate
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11. 11 MITURI DESPRE PROSTITUŢIE
MITUL 1 - Prostituţia este o expresie naturală a sexualităţii şi o necesitate în cazul relaţiilor sexuale nesatisfăcătoare.
MITUL 2 - Prostituţia este o crimă fără victime.
MITUL 3 - Fetele minore şi femeile adulte aleg de bunăvoie să se prostitueze.
MITUL 4 - Prostituţia oferă şansa unei vieţi interesante şi luxoase.
The social phenomenon of female juvenile prostitution is a serious problem that is difficult to understand and troublesome to acknowledge. The fact that young girls are finding their way into the complex system of prostitution is often met with disbelief. Many myths and stereotypes exist about prostitution. Without an understanding of these, one cannot fully appreciate the exploitation factors that exist for the juvenile.
M1 This view supports a sexual myth that men have uncontrollable sexual urges that must be fulfilled. Herein lies a justification for prostitution. The juvenile prostitute is dehumanized by the implication that prostitutes serve a useful purpose as an object for sexual gratification. The reality, as described by our sample of former juvenile prostitutes, is that juvenile prostitutes are often appalled at and damaged by the acts demanded of them. Their participation is often a threat to their physical well-being. The act of prostitution is structured by the desires and fantasies of the customer, which are incongruent with the desires and sensitivities expressed by the young women in this sample.
M2 Prostitution creates a setting whereby crimes against men, women, and children become a commercial enterprise. When a customer uses a juvenile prostitute for his/her own sexual gratification, he/she is committing the crime of child sexual abuse. It is an assault when he/she forces a prostitute to engage in sadomasochistic sex scenes. When a pimp compels a prostitute to submit to sexual demands as a condition of employment, it is exploitation, sexual harassment, or rape--acts that are based on the prostitute’s compliance rather than her consent. The fact that a pimp or customer gives money to a prostitute for submitting to these acts does not alter the fact that child sexual abuse, rape, and/or battery occurs; it merely redefines these crimes as prostitution.
M3 The following self-reported data on the impact of child abuse shows that victims of violence can lose their sense of psychological and physical well-being. Case histories suggest that a number of juveniles engaged in prostitution grew up in abusive and/or neglectful homes. A fragile self-esteem and limited resources lead some young girls to believe that they have no other choice but to enter the world of prostitution.
M4 Cultural mythology about prostitution is built on misinformation and fantasies of sexuality that are promulgated through movies, television, videotapes, and printed material including pornography. These may entice naive young women into prostitution with false promises of glamour and riches. In reality juvenile prostitutes suffer pain, humiliation, and degradation at the hands of their pimps and customers. They are susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
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12. 11 MITURI DESPRE PROSTITUŢIE
MITUL 5 - Sistemul prostituţiei oferă bunăstare prostituatelor.
MITUL 6 - Prostituatele au putere şi control în interiorul sistemului.
MITUL 7 - Prostituţia descurajează infracţiunile de natură sexuală.
M8 Teenage prostitutes come from all socioeconomic groups. While other common denominators exist (drugs, alcohol, child abuse), there is no causative relationship with socioeconomic status.
M9 Entry into prostitution may begin in the teens or earlier. The majority have been sexually abused as children--usually by fathers, stepfathers, or other trusted adults. Many also suffered physical abuse and neglect. For most of these young women the only way to stop the violence was to run away from home. Young, frightened, with limited skills, and unable to find shelter, teenagers are easy prey for pimps who promise them friendship, romance, and riches. Once involved in prostitution both pimps and customers replicate the abuse these teenagers endured in their families.
M10 Historically there has been an unequal application of laws prohibiting prostitution. Until recently only a few customers and even fewer pimps were arrested or convicted.
M11 The most prevalent fantasy is that of the high-class call girl who is typically envisioned as an independent, sophisticated businesswoman whose rendezvous' with well-heeled executives in luxury suites are intellectually stimulating, sensual interludes for which she is handsomely compensated. The following account by one such prostitute dispels that myth:
     I was a New York City call girl with my own book. My johns had careers in the fashion industry, finance, law, and the media. I visited them in their homes, offices, and at well-known hotels like the Plaza. I also worked for madams in well-established brothels around the city. However, this is where any resemblance between my experience and the mythical call girl ends.      I was a young teenage girl, not a sophisticated woman. I wasn’t an independent agent, but controlled by a brutal pimp who had a stable of women. People believe only streetwalkers are drug addicts, but I abused drugs until well into my twenties. It was the only way I could cope with the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse that defined my job.      As for my well-heeled clientele and their fancy suites, all I can say is, whether you turn tricks in a car by the Holland Tunnel or in the Plaza Hotel, you still have to take your clothes off, get on your knees or lie on your back, and let this stranger use you in any way he pleases. Then you have to get up, get dressed, and do it again with the next trick, and the next. In the movies, call girls make lots of money which they invest in legitimate businesses when they retire from the life. It’s taken me close to twenty years to undo the damage that was done to me in prostitution. Not only did I leave prostitution impoverished, I was totally isolated from mainstream society.      The only people I’d had contact with for almost a decade were pimps, tricks, and other prostitutes. I was deprived of a basic education. I had no job skills. My health was severely compromised. I required surgery and repeated medical treatment for reproductive damage and remain infertile. In addition to these tangible issues, I’ve coped with the trauma resulting from years of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse that is common in the lives of prostitutes. Like battered women who escape abusive partners, women escaping prostitution must totally rebuild their lives.
This material is reprinted from "Female Juvenile Prostitution: Problem and Response" © 1992 by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Arlington, Virginia, USA, and reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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13. 11 MITURI DESPRE PROSTITUŢIE
MITUL 8 - Prostituatele provin din anumite grupuri socio-economice.
MITUL 9 - Minorele decid să devină prostituate în cunoştinţă de cauză.
MITUL 10 - Există legi care controlează prostituţia.
MITUL 11 - Există o mare diferenţă între prostituatele de lux şi traseiste.
M5 The economics of prostitution are complex. If a juvenile is controlled by a pimp or madam most, if not all, of his/her earnings are turned over to the pimp or madam. If working independently for a house of prostitution a large percentage of his/her earnings are turned back to the house. Their lives are strictly controlled, and their ability to set up independent funds is carefully guarded. Part of the strategy for control over their activities is for pimps and madams to keep them economically dependent upon the system of prostitution itself. Any profit is often spent as rapidly as it is obtained, reinforcing the efforts that go into prostitution. A rapid turnover of "feel good or look good" money into immediately expendable, positively reinforcing products perpetuates the need for continued participation in prostitution.
M6 Reports from these female prostitutes concerning their exchange of sex for money illustrates the reality that they are controlled by their customers. The demands for money placed upon them by their pimps with the instructions to charge accordingly for what the customer wants illustrates a continuum in which the more involved or more deviant the sex act the more that can be charged. These juveniles report being raped and beaten. Sometimes they have been kidnapped or held against their will, taken to deserted areas and abandoned, and robbed or not paid. In some cases they are murdered. The recent case of the "Pig Farm" in Vancouver BC speaks to the horror and lack of quick public and police response to the plight of women they describe as "high risk" and are not easily noticed when missing.  The majority of victims in the "Green River" murders are known to be female prostitutes under age 21. (The murder of 48 females has been attributed to the "Green River Murderer." These cases are referred to as the Green River murders because all the victims were discovered in or near the Green River in the state of Washington. In addition, between 1978 and 1986, there have been more than 140 unsolved female homicides in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties in that state that may also be related to the "Green River Murderer." ) Once involved with a pimp, the prostitute loses autonomy. The more involved one becomes, the more difficult it is to leave. The ability of the prostitutes to find recourse for violations committed against them is limited. Assaults are rarely reported to law enforcement officers. The unwritten "code of conduct" discourages contact with law enforcement in regards to reporting abuse. Also these women often function under the belief that they are responsible for the consequences of their own involvement in prostitution. The pimps who claim to protect may, in reality, "discipline" the prostitute for any perceived shortages of money.
M7 This myth provides faulty justification to prostitution and pornography. There is no evidence that prostitution deters sex crimes. In fact the opposite may be true. Prostitutes can be victims of violent acts including rape and murder. Young prostitutes can be easy victims for perpetrators. Pornography can feed their fantasies about women and prostitution. Rather than these phenomena being a deterrent, they may reinforce sexual violence.
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14. PROSTITUTIA NU INSEAMNA SEX!
Putere!
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15. Două exemple de abordare a problemei:
Olanda a legalizat prostituţia şi o reglementează ca pe o industrie
Suedia a declarat-o ilegală şi caută să reducă cererea
Ambele au legi împotriva traficului de persoane
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16. Prostituţia în Olanda
Este una dintre ţările din lume care recunoaşte prostituţia adultă voluntară ca ocupaţie normală.
Prostituţia nu a fost niciodată ilegală în Olanda
Bordelele au fost legalizate in oct (dupa ce fusesera interzise in 1911 pt a proteja prostituatele de exploatare)
Sancţiunile prevăzute: amenzi, închisoare (6 ani-8, 10 ani)
2004: sancţiunile au crescut până la 12 ani (grave afecţiuni) şi 15 ani (pierderea vieţii).
Bordelele tb sa fie echipate cu un “buton de panică”
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17. Prostituţia în Olanda Sistemul licenţelor municipale
Licenta emisa de autoritatile locale
In practica interventia politiei
Politica de aplicare locala este coordonata de primar, procurorul public si seful politiei
Un studiu apare dupa 2 ani, dar este prea curand pt a evidentia impactul
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18. Prostituţia în Olanda Controalele medicale nu sunt obligatorii
Implica ideea ca prostituatele transmit infectii
Clientii le folosesc ca scuza pt sex neprotejat
Clinicile din oraşe oferă controale gratuite şi anonime
Prostituatele care hotarasc sa se retraga din prostitutie nu primesc beneficii sociale.
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19. Cine sunt prostituatele din Olanda?
25000 prostituate, majoritatea emigrante
1970: Tailanda, Filipine
1980: America Latina si Caraibe
Dupa caderea Zidului Berlinului: Europa Centrala si de Est
1999: nu mai mult de 1/3 erau olandeze, restul reprezentând 44 de naţionalităţi. (Republica Dominicana, Colombia, Republica Ceha, Romania si Polonia).
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20. Suedia Lege – act care interzice cumpărarea de servicii sexuale, 1999
Efecte:
Prostituţia stradală redusă la jumătate
Numărul clienţilor redus cu 80%
Absenţa prostituatelor străine de pe străzile Suediei
100 de bărbaţi condamnaţi în primii doi ani
Traficul de persoane redus
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21. Ce ar trebui făcut? Implicarea societăţii civile
Aplicarea corecta a legii actuale
Conducerea unor studii: Cine este consumatorul de sex din România?
Opţiune: Dorim prevenirea sau extinderea fenomenului?
Pt prevenire: tb sanctionat consumatorul de sex
Implicarea societăţii civile
Informarea tinerilor despre potenţialele pericole
Sprijin pentru victimele care vor să renunţe la prostituţie
Înfiinţarea unui raportor naţional responsabil cu colectarea datelor
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