It`s an accident, stupid!

*This is a crosspost from Banishea*


 Yes, indeed:

• being trafficked into engaging in prostitution under brutal circumstances
• being the victim of ‚dirigistive‘ pimping
• being sexually assaulted
• being kept prisoner in an apartment
• ….

…. is no longer being the victim of a brutal crime. No. It’s a “work accident“. And we are supposed to celebrate this and to applaud this “breakthrough“ in “sex workers‘ rights“.

Indeed. The more academic pro-sex industry advocates and the self-defined “supporters“ of trafficked women are celebrating (or not) a court decision.

The background, and also the impact will be difficult to fully grasp for those who are not aquainted with German “culture“ and German legal approaches or how the insurance systems work. Not being aquainted with how we rely on beaurocracy, administrative processes and legalistic definitions when it comes to ignoring or engaging in or profiting from human rights abuses means you have good chances of having retained basic common decency. In any case – subtlety would be wasted here.