Sex on sale
Prostitution would appear to be an adjunct to the industry of sexploitation. One part of the media utilises the emotive images of sex to sell products from coffee and alcohol to cars and holidays. This is seen as legitimate.
Another part, I was pleased to see, is trying to draw attention to the abusive industry of sexploitation. Society needs to decide what is acceptable and what is not.
What has to change is the acceptance that "wham, bam, thank you, mam" is okay when the woman is an involuntary participant in someone else's business venture.
It is time now for the Government to close the loophole which allows payment for sex.
The only way to end prostitution is to cut off the supply of this money and threaten those who abuse women with fines and jail.
Alastair Yarrow
Arklow, Co Wicklow
Irish Independent
