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Why Do Establishment Feminists Hate Sex Workers?

Rosen, David
http://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/15/why-do-establishment-feminists-hate-sex-workers

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  15/06/2018
Year Published:  2018  
Resource Type:  Article

On March 21st, 2018, U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats joined together to overwhelmingly pass the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA); the House had earlier passed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA).

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The Act's principle purpose is to revise the Communication Decency Act (DCA), specifically Section 230 that protected website operators from liability for user-generated content. The DCA was adopted in 1996 as a revision of the original Federal Communication Act (1934) and the latest revision ended Section 230 site-owner's protection from civil and criminal charges for sex trafficking or "promoting or facilitating prostitution."

The House and Senate bills were promoted in response to a 2017 California court ruling, Doe v Backpage, that found that the Section 230 protected Backpage against criminal prosecution under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008. The law applies to anyone who "knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value from" human trafficking or prostitution. The ruling radically extended immunity to websites hosting third-party content. One of those who long opposed Section 230 was Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).

Kamala is a celebrated Hillary liberal and establishment feminist who championed the SESTA legislation. "Victims of sex trafficking should be protected and have the ability to seek justice. That’s why, from my earliest days as a prosecutor, I've led the fight against Backpage and other sex trafficking platforms," she proclaimed. Adding, "And I am proud to support the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, which will make it possible for victims and state prosecutors to hold online sex traffickers accountable."

Her vote caped a decades-long campaign against sex workers. Before winning a Senate seat in 2017, she served as the state's attorney general from 2011 to 2017 and was San Francisco's district attorney from 2004 to 2011. As a prosecutor, she specialized in child sexual-assault cases.

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