The Supreme Court found that the laws heightened
the risk sex trade workers face in prostitution, which in itself is a legal activity.
Not exact matches
Patterson explains, «Having
sex with strangers does not put people in the
sex trade at any greater
risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease or infection than the general population» — although having a greater number of partners in general does increase the associated STI
risk — and she notes that prostitutes are often very familiar with safer
sex practices as their jobs depend on it.
This movie reinforces the
risks young girls face when traveling to a foreign country but I would assume there is no need to reinforce running wild in a foreign place and getting drunk because sadly this wouldn't be the first girl to get drunk and have something bad happen to her by the hands of an unscrupulous guy, murdered, raped, sold into the
sex trade or white slavery..
The provisions did not simply impose conditions on how
sex trade workers operate, but actually impose dangerous conditions on prostitution by preventing
sex trade workers from taking steps to protect themselves from the
risks.
The fact that
sex trade workers face the
risk of violence by pimps and johns did not diminish the role of the state in making them more vulnerable to that violence.
While face - to - face communication is an important aspect of customer screening, the Court held, it is not the only method
sex trade workers use to assess the
risk of harm and the Criminal Code provision is just one factor, among many, that together contribute to the
risk faced by street prostitutes.
This legislation also decreases the ability for those in the
sex trade to screen their clients prior to meeting, which increases the
risk of violence.