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September 9, 2010
Swedish cops bare all for undercover operation
Published: 24 Jun 09 07:40 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20238/20090624/
Two Swedish police officers stripped down naked and were offered “extra” treatment on recent visits to massage parlors.
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A 60-year-old Stockholm resident has been charged on suspicions of running brothels in five massage parlors.
The brothels were discovered after two male police officers working undercover visited two separate massage parlors and agreed to take their clothes off.
After stripping, each officer was offered “extra” genital treatment.
“An unusual, but legal method of investigation,” said one of the officers.
In addition to the 60-year-old, a 27-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man were also charged for the extensive pimping operation.
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...I sure there is more to this story cumming...
Are they going to turn to rape?
Goodness gracious society, get over brothels.
A lack of brothels/massage parlors is not going to lead to an increase in rapes. People do not turn into rapists because of a lack of "sexual enjoyment." Rapists rape for the pure sadistic "pleasure" of torturing and violating another human being. Rape is not sex. It's a brutally violent act which is acted out of a compulsion to commit violence.
Making sex available for purchase would likewise do nothing to decrease rapes. That's completely missing the whole "point" of rape. They get off on the violence of it. Why would they want to buy themselves a willing partner? That would take all the "fun" out of it for them.
Why not legalize prostitution so the police can focus their efforts on real criminals, the human traffickers can be put out of business, and law abiding citizens who need a little strange once in a while can get on with their productive lives?
Well said - completely right - rape is centred on violence, total domination and taking by force without agreement.
Brothels are about the agreement of all parties to have sex.
Despite much research,there are very few ,if any,accurate statistics for a number of reasons relating to rape and motivation in different countries.
However where sex is readily available on the cheap as in quite a few countries I would think it would have at least some affect on the statistics.
Perhaps a more realistic suggestion is that some men turn to serial one night stands. Probably not what the feminists had in mind when they try and ban prostitution. Ironically some of them may then become unpaid stand-in prostitutes.