Sweden’s parliament has passed a law banning the purchase of sexual performances for viewing online, including those on platforms like OnlyFans, marking a major update to the country’s sex purchase legislation.
Sweden’s parliament has passed a law banning the purchase of sexual performances for viewing online, including those on platforms like OnlyFans, marking a major update to the country’s sex purchase legislation.
So, to clarify. Sweden has for a very long time a system where buying sex is illegal but selling sex is legal. This is to make sure the man buying is considered criminal and the woman selling a victim. This new ban is just a way to keep it that way online as well.
What becomes illegal is paying for custom personalized performances (because a man can say “I’ll give you $1000 if you stick this painful thing up your ass”, which can be a difficult request to deny if you are poor), but selling prerecorded stuff will not be banned.
Men (and other genders) are sex workers also. This is not a man/woman thing, this is a power imbalance thing.
Fair, but this is kind of a “not all men!!” thing to point out. The vast majority of sex workers are women, the vast majority of people being victims to sex trafficking are women. The vast majority of people paying for sex are men. Just face it.
it’s not really a not all men thing… it’s a difference in the thinking: by saying women, you’ve completely ignored gay men, and we have often have a hyper sexual culture and don’t often have issues like domestic violence and abuse represented well
the power imbalance is the important thing - it’s an inherently non-gendered situation, despite the correlation that it mainly effects women… intent is important