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May 27, 2012
Man denies buying sex: 'I couldn't get it up'
Published: 7 Oct 11 08:24 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/36598/20111007/
A 71-year-old Swede caught paying for sex has claimed he is innocent as his erectile dysfunction made it impossible to go through with the act.
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Swedish police were carrying out surveillance against a suspected brothel in Bromma, a suburb of Stockholm, where they suspected that several Romanian women were working as prostitutes.
The officers witnessed the 71-year-old leave his car and enter the brothel. After a while the police heard panting and creaking noises through the letterbox.
When the man left the premises he was promptly arrested, but would only admit to “attempting” to pay for sex.
The crime - as well as the act - had not been completed, argued the man, due to his very severe erectile problems.
According to the paper the 71-year-old acts as chairman of the board within a large Swedish real estate company.
He is married, has an annual income of 6.3 million kronor ($925,000) and is good for another 15 million kronor, according to the paper.
Despite his member failing to stand at attention, the 71-year-old was later convicted for buying sex and was sentenced to pay a fine equivalent to 50 days pay -- around 50,000 kronor.
”I have no comments, I must refer the matter to my lawyer,” the man told Aftonbladet.
According to the paper, the failed sex purchase had already set the man back by €200 ($268).
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the last line condemns him by revealing the price . perhaps if he goes back and retrieves his money then he is again innocent!
Loved the bit about listening thru the letterbox (hope it was not a French one) did they hear the cash rustling that is the key !
this Law is a real doozy it makes for some wonderful stories, other wise it is quite silly, maybe I like silly things to make me laugh!
And is this the police or the moral police? Should Sweden also have a religious police, perhaps? Surely they have better things to do than investigating "crimes" between consenting adults which are done in private.
The criminalization of prostitution is the same way as criminalization of drog using.
It only makes bigger profits for mafia and spending huge money of police, which can do smtg more useful . F.e police which is not sniffging the letterboxes would have more spare time to go directly to places where shooting is reported and don´t wait hours as was written here previously...
Yes everybody knows that making things illegal is the best way to stop things.
We all know that in the US nobody uses cocaine and goes to prostitutes.
And we also know that in mexico nobody gets killed because of this.
The only thing that happens is that pimps will treat their girls even worse and won't let them out ever....because there would be a risk for them.
Great job sweden, please start fighting real crime.
Prostitution is not criminalised in Sweden. Buying sex is.
Of course I understand. But as I said, hard drugs is also not a fun thing.
When guys can't go legally to a prostitute they try to get it another way....one of these ways is rape.
These are just rules of a government that is to incapable of dealing with human trafficking and forced prostitution. Sadly Sweden is not the only and the worst country in the world, I totally agree with you.
Legalizing prostitution at least gives you the benefit that these girls can get into the health care system and even build up a pension (how silly that may sound).
Odd laws.
You're last comment is correct, the laws seem totally inconsistent. Producing and buying porn must also be criminalised if Sweden is to be worthy of its reputation as a country that cares about women's rights and fights sexual exploitation.
If you could figure out a way to collect a sex tax, prostitution would become legal in minutes!
This story adds a new meaning to the phrase 'big tipper.'
What a typically ignorant and stupid thing to say. I'll try and keep this simple for your simple mind; First of all, this man has lived most of his life and should accept that, not to mention that he must have mental issues to even try to do what he did. Secondly the affected women were supposed to have come from Romania.
Now, Romania is known for being one of the poorest nations in Europe. It is also has the highest number of so called 'sex workers' (whatever the hell that is supposed to mean) statistically in Europe. It is also (can you see a pattern developing here mate?) known for having an extremely high rate of trafficking and exploitation of women in Europe, and this involves scumbag gangs CONTROLLING what goes on. Taking this into account, can you seriously and rationally say as a fellow human being that you could understand anybody WILLINGLY selling their bodies for money, in a brothel away from home??? Do you really think that any women (or anyone else) would CHOOSE to do this??? would you do that???
JUST SOME THOUGHTS for your simple mind.
Perhaps you can enlighten us and explain the difference.....
If a girl sells me sex, am I not buying it?
This means, the police knows about the brothel, but cannot shut it down. Selling sex is not illegal, these women offering sex against money are not doing anything wrong under any circumstances.
In future, these women will continue their business as usual, as the police cannot be next to them and watch all people entering and leaving this house all the time. - A very strange feminist solution, entirely ridiculous.
It's not true that prosecuting customers is reducing demand and what was done openly before is now done in secret, in hiding. If this is supportive for the safety of both, these women and their customers, I doubt it.
Police cannot watch every man in the entire country and 1 man will be prosecuted and 100s of others not.
It's like a law, which says buying a gun is illegal, but to offer guns for sale and to display them in a shop is perfectly OK.
I don't know what to answer as man if a woman is approaching you and offering sex for money. She is not doing anything illegal.
Is it legally OK to ask her in return, if she is not ashamed of herself to rent out her body and if she wants you to become a criminal?
Two Swedish feminist researchers recently published an extensive report into such claims and found them unsubstantiated. Please see:
The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Claimed Success and Documented Effects
By Susanne Dodillet and Petra Östergren
Conference paper presented at the International Workshop: Decriminalizing Prostitution and Beyond: Practical Experiences and Challenges. The Hague, March 3 and 4, 2011
Available through Gothenburg University, at
http://gup.ub.gu.se/records/fulltext/140671.pdf
Michael Goodyear
European Centre for Sex Work Research and Policy
If sex is good for us (As proven), is it not the worst abuse of people's right to deny people (Especially men who for one reason or the other are not able to get in contact with women), chance to balance their hormone? I think this law is another way of encouraging men with wild testosterone from committing violence or rape against women! Is that what the society wants?
This is not just a law to protect anyone, neither is it about upholding 'moral', but a law from 'right-winged feminists' to destroy Swedish men
If it is not illegal for people to be 'employed' to work and get paid for that, what then is the difference here? Are both not making use of their body to do 'their jobs'??
Just wondering...
What will they come up with next? Men being barred from looking at women??