Work that illustrates the booklet "18 myths of prostitution" promoted by the Portuguese Platform for Women's Rights. Displayed on A2 k-line boards at Casa das Associações, in Alvito. Some of the illustrations were also printed on tote bags.
Trabalho que ilustra o livreto "18 mitos da prostituição" promovido pela Plataforma Portuguesa para os Direitos das mulheres. Exposto em placas de k-line A2 na Casa das Associações, no Alvito. Algumas das ilustrações foram também impressas em tote bags.
Our bodies don't sell.
The regulation of prostitution is inseparable from trafficking for sexual exploitation.
As a society we must not legalize prostitution but rather fight against it.
Regulating does not change the stigma.
More than half of sex buyers admit to being aggressive with their partners.
Demand can be reduced through education, prevention and legislation.
For every woman in prostitution that is mediated,
There are many survivors who rarely speak because of the trauma attached to their experience.
There are many survivors who rarely speak because of the trauma attached to their experience.
Prostitution is one of the oldest forms of exploitation.
Employment center; "We have a solution for you here!"; Regulating prostitution is turning exploitation into a professional outlet;
The real problems of migrant women are related to the rights of reunification, recognition of qualifications and access to the labor market.
"It's a choice" . Even if the average entry into the system is 14 years?
"Prostitution brings a lot of money." "To whom?". It is estimated that a pimp pockets €110,000 annually for every woman he keeps in prostitution.
Consent is not bought.
But prostitution will never end.../ Neither will pedophilia or rapes. We change the law to help change practices, behaviors and perceptions. We changed the law to fight the prostitution system.
Sex buyers will not fall in love or "save" women. Don't romanticize prostitution!
The customer is always right! / By criminalizing sex buyers, the Swedish model structurally alters the power relations between women and men.
