Law Belgian Government Will Intervene In Cases Where Prostitutes Refuse Sexual Acts Too Often - Based?


Amy Hamm​

May 12, 2024

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A new law in Belgium celebrated by activists for providing a “labour contract” to prostitutes will also enable their pimps to punish them with a government mediator if they refuse sex more than 10 times in a six-month period. The Belgian Parliament voted for the law on May 3, with 93 in favor, zero opposed, and 33 abstentions.

The legislation is being touted as a win by UTSOPI, the Belgium Union of Sex Workers, which had lobbied extensively for the legislation. The law outlines that prostitutes will receive health insurance, a pension, maternity and holiday leave, and unemployment benefits. Their pimps will be forced to provide them with a “safety button” to use for emergencies.

Their website claims that the law “is a historic step in the battle for sex workers’ rights” and will create a “respectful, fair relationship” between prostitutes and their pimps, with UTSOPI spokesperson Daan Bauwens telling media that he believes “Belgium is really demonstrating that it aims to protect sex workers, regardless of any moral judgements about the profession people may have.”

Prostitutes are to be granted “rights” to refuse sexual acts, stop sexual acts, perform sexual acts in the manner they prefer, and refuse to sit behind Amsterdam-style windows (public facing windows where prostitutes are on display). However, should a prostitute use these “rights” 10 times within six months, their pimp can then call on a government mediator to intervene.

All pimps must have a registered office and apply to the Belgian government for approval to offer contracts to prostitutes. The contracts will be disguised as hotel-restaurant-café (HoReCa) contracts so that prostitutes can remain anonymous.

Andrea Heinz, a prostitution abolition advocate, called out the new legislation on X (formerly Twitter).

“There is little chance this will (actually) favour women. Under legalization/full decrim, pimps become ‘managers’ with the backing of the state to further entrench and maintain their power. Pimps see women they sell as products, not people deserving of full dignity & respect.”

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Outside the realm of so-called “sex work” activism, social media users have expressed horror at the new law.

“So the [government] helps pimps to coerce sex, what a disgusting idea,” posted X user @Bob16747466.

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Whores discover worker privileges come with responsibilities, acts shocked and surprised. True woman moment.

But being serious this seems like a case of state legalized rape, according to logic peddled for decades by feminist institutions.
 
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There was a reason why contracts of employment/for personal services can't be enforced in the same way that a contract for the sale of goods can. It's because such coercion amounts to something that most people generally find repugnant.

There's a name for it; slavery.

So Belgium reintroduces slavery. How wonderfully progressive.
 
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Milkshake Sniffer said:
There was a reason why contracts of employment/for personal services can't be enforced in the same way that a contract for the sale of goods can. It's because such coercion amounts to something that most people generally find repugnant.

There's a name for it; slavery.

So Belgium reintroduces slavery. How wonderfully progressive.
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Contracts for employment are a wonderful thing since nobody can add a bunch of bullshit to the job on the fly. All jobs should have be like that.

If these hookers don't like it, they should get a real job or go back to Ukraine/whatever shithole they crawled out of. Hookers have sex. That's their job. It's like a McDonalds fry cook who refuses to pour the oil on the fries.
 
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Snekposter said:
Near as I can tell Nevada regulates that stuff about as strictly as they do gambling. That is to say, they are completely humorless about it and may God have mercy upon you if the state of Nevada catches wind of fuckery.

Yes, the casinos actually are extremely regulated because they're a money printer for the state, and if word gets out about gambling fuckery the state of Nevada is going to lose a ton of tax revenue.
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Nevada, and Vegas in particular absolutely do not fuck around when it comes to casinos, or anyplace there is gambling. A lot of supermarkets and convenince stores take advantage of this and install a bank of slot machines not for the revenue they generate, but because they deter violent theft. Robbing any store that has gambling on the premises carries a shit ton of extra state felony charges that have very strictly enforced minimum sentences starting at 2 to 5 years and tops out at 15. If a deadly weapon is used or someone gets seriously injured that’s an automatic 5 up to 20 years plus court costs and restitution, and parole or early release is notoriously hard to get.
 
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Cyclonus said:
Why do they need a pimp? Can't they just work freelance? Advertise your services on an escorts website and pick and choose potential clients?
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They can, but these changes won't affect self employed freelancers. This is about added protections/obligations to a regular employment contract.

I see this as them putting whoring on par with any other occupation. If you're employed, you only ever need to worry about doing your job. If you're self employed, you need to do what your employer would do for you - pay medical/social, keep the books, line up customers, make sure you comply with whatever regulations etc.
 
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