On Nov 22, 2011, COSWAS-Collective Of Sex Workers And Supporters(日日春關懷互助協會), an association which aims at the righs of sex workers came to our school to give a lecture. And a sex worker was involved as well. Her name is Miko. She talked about her experience as a sex worker from the beginning of his job to now. And she also responded to the government's policy about the establishment of red-light districts. What she answered was really interesting. She said" What is a red-light districts? Where should this specific area be established? To say directly, On my bed! If the area was established in Mazu(馬祖), people who have need of sex have to go to there by airplane to consume? So establishing such an area is quite ridiculous! Why don't the government gather the sex workers to talk about this policy? This policy can't help us at all! On the surface, they said that to establish such area is to manage Taiwan's sex industry. Sexual transction in this area is legal, but out of the area will be punished. Ater they publishing this policy, our customers decrease in evidence. They are afraid of being punished, so they would rather stand their sex desire! This policy is really unjust to us!" So what the sex workers want is not to establish such a specific area, they just want to have rights of working.
2011年11月16日 星期三
Annotation 3 -Making effective rules to manage the sexual industry
This is me revised annotation 3
1. I explain the context of the viedo I found which is about the legal official prostitutions in detailed.
2.I also found a regulation on official prostitution which was published by Taipei government in 1999 to support my idea that having rules to manage is more important than discuss a specific area to manage the sex workers.
3. In the end, I give some feasible schemes to solve the problems.
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The video(2009, reported on Zhong-Tian news) shows that there are 51 legal sex workers in Taiwan. They have legal licenses to engage in sexual transaction. And they receive the healthy exams every year. So the residents in this area don't worry about this red-light district will bring any problem and discomfort to them. It also mentions that the sex workers in this red-light district are all over the legal age to engage in sexual transaction, and they don't have any marital relationship with others. Furtermore, they have to gain there parents' agreement.
Clearly, through making some restrictions to regulate sex workers, the existence of sexual industry will not be a trouble to the residents near them. Why we are afraid of establishing red-light districts near us? Because we think that it will ruin the morality in society and disturb us in our life. But under the strict rules, the problems that we are worried about can be solved. First, they have legal licenses, it presents that they are in goverment's control. They don't have to meet the gangs' threat, and the public security could also be protected as well. Second, they receive healthy exams regularily to ensure that they are not affected with any sex disease. So not only the sex workers but also the customers and residents don't have to worry about the affection of sex diseases.
As for the problem of obstructing family or disturbing our life, I find a regulation on official prostitution (1998, published by Taipei government from the website http://coswas.org/www/regulation.htm ) which involves many rules to regulate the sex workers in Taipei before the abolishing of official prostitutions. In Chapter 3, the eleventh, the sixth point, it shows that official prostitutions cannot obstruct family. And the twelevth, the first point says that they cannot solicit in public. Furthermore, there are still many rules to regulate sexworkers in detailed in this regulation, no matter about their health, their age, or the morality of occupation they should have. But this regulation was abolished in 2001. If the goverment focus on the part of "making rules" to regulate the dispersed sex workers rather than establish a specific area, the sex workers can own their right of working, and they would be accepted by the residents near them.
The government can also give some subsidy mesures to the risidents near them. For example, they can have tax reduction or benefit. And they can possess the free healthy exams once in a year. On the other hand, it is necessary for the government to convene a conference to plain the policies they make to regulate the sexual industry in public. People can through the broadcasting of the conference to understand the laws or rules the governmemt make. This way, people may not worry about the red light districts near their living area after they realize how the government legalizes the sex workers. So the real problem is not whether to establish such a specific area to manage sex workers, the existence of sex industry in many cities in Taiwan is a truth. Having some effective rules or laws to manage the sex workers and satisfy the residents near them is the most important thing.
1. I explain the context of the viedo I found which is about the legal official prostitutions in detailed.
2.I also found a regulation on official prostitution which was published by Taipei government in 1999 to support my idea that having rules to manage is more important than discuss a specific area to manage the sex workers.
3. In the end, I give some feasible schemes to solve the problems.
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Clearly, through making some restrictions to regulate sex workers, the existence of sexual industry will not be a trouble to the residents near them. Why we are afraid of establishing red-light districts near us? Because we think that it will ruin the morality in society and disturb us in our life. But under the strict rules, the problems that we are worried about can be solved. First, they have legal licenses, it presents that they are in goverment's control. They don't have to meet the gangs' threat, and the public security could also be protected as well. Second, they receive healthy exams regularily to ensure that they are not affected with any sex disease. So not only the sex workers but also the customers and residents don't have to worry about the affection of sex diseases.
As for the problem of obstructing family or disturbing our life, I find a regulation on official prostitution (1998, published by Taipei government from the website http://coswas.org/www/regulation.htm ) which involves many rules to regulate the sex workers in Taipei before the abolishing of official prostitutions. In Chapter 3, the eleventh, the sixth point, it shows that official prostitutions cannot obstruct family. And the twelevth, the first point says that they cannot solicit in public. Furthermore, there are still many rules to regulate sexworkers in detailed in this regulation, no matter about their health, their age, or the morality of occupation they should have. But this regulation was abolished in 2001. If the goverment focus on the part of "making rules" to regulate the dispersed sex workers rather than establish a specific area, the sex workers can own their right of working, and they would be accepted by the residents near them.
The government can also give some subsidy mesures to the risidents near them. For example, they can have tax reduction or benefit. And they can possess the free healthy exams once in a year. On the other hand, it is necessary for the government to convene a conference to plain the policies they make to regulate the sexual industry in public. People can through the broadcasting of the conference to understand the laws or rules the governmemt make. This way, people may not worry about the red light districts near their living area after they realize how the government legalizes the sex workers. So the real problem is not whether to establish such a specific area to manage sex workers, the existence of sex industry in many cities in Taiwan is a truth. Having some effective rules or laws to manage the sex workers and satisfy the residents near them is the most important thing.
2011年11月8日 星期二
Annotation 3
This video shows that there are 51 legal sex workers in Taiwan. They have legal licenses to engage in sexual transaction. And they receive the healthy exams every year. So the residents in this area don't worry about this red-light district will bring any problem and discomfort to them. In fact, a man who lives near these sex workers says that it is not bad to legalize sexual working in proper, because haveing sex is all human beings' normal need. If we give more restrictions to sexual working, the moer problems will result in. It will become underground, and out of the government's management. But if the government make some rules to regulate them, it can not only satisfy sex workers' living but also those people who need sex. And it can make the residents who live near them are willing to receive them as well, just like the person's saying in the video. So, having some laws or rules to manage the sex workers is the most important thing.
2011年11月6日 星期日
Reflection 1
After having a short meeting with teacher, I get some new ideas. Mei-Ya mentions that a editorial article which was published on the newspaper says something about the establishment of the red-light districts. It says that it is really ridiculoius to talk about whether to establish the red-light districts. Because many areas have sexual transaction in the massage stores, salons, or in the lanes. However, the sex workers will not do it in public. So the truth is that prostitution is existed, and even the police officers will not arrest them deliberately in some areas. It seems that the establishment of the red-loght districts is unnecessary. If we want to establish the red-light districts just like Holland, we change the sexual industry in Taiwan into a "sexual culture district". This is not the original purpose that we want to establish the red-light districts. And the government says that the purpose to establish such district is to manage the dispered sex workers conveniently. They should make some rules to regulate the sex workers in thier working places now rather than establish such a specific area. So I will write my annotation toward this direction.
2011年11月2日 星期三
Giving Comments to annotation 2
To Iris:
I agree with your idea that we can not satisfy the sutiation we are sometimes comes from comparing with others. This is a consequence of catogory. If the society has two groups, the rich and the poor, our self-catogory will catogorize oursevels to the group we belong to. So the poor will think that they are poor. In fact, they are really poor, compared with the rich. But the defination of poor is quite ambiguous to us. The word "poor" is a concept of the poor group that under the comparison with the rich.
To Ruby:
On the views of the feminism, I think that you use the word "guility" is controversy. It seems that a young girl have sexual relationship with man is shameful. And she should be guility. Why can't a girl have desire to have sex with any man if she want? I don't think it's such a shameful thing. But I agree with your point that she might be infected with AIDS without any protection. I think this behavior shows her immaturity, though she thinks she is mature enough to have a baby.
To Layla:
I agree with your point that homosexuals are not crimes, but I think this is the common thought shared by most people.No matter who can offer nice enviroment to the children, and gives them the better life, they are the suitable people to raise the children. But the problem is, there are still many people can't accept the child is adopted by homosexuals though they think that homosexual are not crimes. some people think that if children are adopted by homosexuals, they will live under the pressure that their parents are homosexuals. And it is negative to the develoment of children mentally. How can you convince those people that this situation will not happen?
I think if we can't eliminate the discrimination to the homosexuals, the homosexual adoption will not be accepted without any controverision. But if we have been educated that homosexuals are better than heterosexuaals since we were born, our notion will be chaned, will be different. So the point is that the discrimination to the homosexuals is rooted deeply for a long time.
I agree with your idea that we can not satisfy the sutiation we are sometimes comes from comparing with others. This is a consequence of catogory. If the society has two groups, the rich and the poor, our self-catogory will catogorize oursevels to the group we belong to. So the poor will think that they are poor. In fact, they are really poor, compared with the rich. But the defination of poor is quite ambiguous to us. The word "poor" is a concept of the poor group that under the comparison with the rich.
To Ruby:
On the views of the feminism, I think that you use the word "guility" is controversy. It seems that a young girl have sexual relationship with man is shameful. And she should be guility. Why can't a girl have desire to have sex with any man if she want? I don't think it's such a shameful thing. But I agree with your point that she might be infected with AIDS without any protection. I think this behavior shows her immaturity, though she thinks she is mature enough to have a baby.
To Layla:
I agree with your point that homosexuals are not crimes, but I think this is the common thought shared by most people.No matter who can offer nice enviroment to the children, and gives them the better life, they are the suitable people to raise the children. But the problem is, there are still many people can't accept the child is adopted by homosexuals though they think that homosexual are not crimes. some people think that if children are adopted by homosexuals, they will live under the pressure that their parents are homosexuals. And it is negative to the develoment of children mentally. How can you convince those people that this situation will not happen?
I think if we can't eliminate the discrimination to the homosexuals, the homosexual adoption will not be accepted without any controverision. But if we have been educated that homosexuals are better than heterosexuaals since we were born, our notion will be chaned, will be different. So the point is that the discrimination to the homosexuals is rooted deeply for a long time.
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