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> There is no way to do the transaction in a safe environment as by nature you (nearly always a woman)

About 40% of the prostitutes in the UK are male. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11169544/Are-we-...

I agree the clients are almost entirely men.

Lots of sex-worker organisations have criticised the Nordic model as something that increases the risk to sex workers. Restricting the client base to men who are willing to break the law means you've biased the client group towards men who are more likely to be violent. https://newrepublic.com/article/121981/northern-ireland-sex-...

(EDIT I don't think I downvoted you, and I think it's a shame you were downvoted. I've upvoted your other reply.)

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I'm skeptical of your first link which has absolutely no remarks about data collection besides a link to an aggregation tool, although I do think that the number of men who are g4p is drastically undercounted.

Studies conducted in Nordic Model countries show that the Nordic Model reduces violence, trips to the ER, and increases rates of calls to the police by extremely significant margins. (note that this source is actually anti-nordic model, look through their data to see the reality of the situation)

https://humboldt1982.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/dangerous-l...

I don't think you can really conclude that it works based on the linked research data. I'm assuming you're referring to table 12, where they compare the percentages of incidents with the pre-Nordic model study. I think you cannot compare the percentages (something that the author acknowledges) because in the 2012 study a time limitation was set when reporting on the occurrence of an incident (only report it if it occurred since introduction of Nordic model), but this time limitation was not set in the other study (report it if it happened at any point in time in the past). You cannot compare victim-percentages of incidents that happened over a period of three years with victim-percentages of incidents that happened over an indefinite period of time. Claiming that the Nordic model works based on such a comparison is like claiming that the birth rate has dropped in the last three years because the total number of children born since 2013 is less than the total number of children born before 2013.

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