Italian city makes it illegal to look like a prostitute in public to protect 'urban decorum'

In Salerno, Italy, it is now illegal for women to wear mini skirts, high heels or act flirtatiously.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/italian-city-makes-illegal-look-7627777

I hate such discriminatory laws. It might, for them be a measure to combat prostitution but I don't think any government should define a dress code for anyone.

 

Yeah it doesn't sound like this is the ideal way to solve this issue. It might be an easy way, but that doesn't mean it's the right way.

 

The issue of morality, I believe is in ones' heart and mind. Its laudable that the authorities have intervened though it raises questions. But short of changing their hearts, prostitution will adjust to the new attire. Its not a joke that this is the oldest profession even when people were fully clad. For the imaginative or perverted mind, this will only stimulate his or her imagination. My take is that advocacy and awareness of the negatives will change theit hearts, minds and of course, attire.

 

Well, I mean who is going to decide who looks like a prostitute and who doesn't? This seems like it might be a pretty sticky law to enforce. By all means, though..if it is something that works in this city or they think will help them control the problem it is a good thing. I just think that people nee to decide how they want to enforce this, and the lenghts they will go. I think it will infringe on people's rights to dress how they want.

 

i actually signed up to this website -just- to respond to this, i feel this strongly about such problems i just have to get it off my chest.

omitted to keep it snappy, but well said overall. sex work is an old practice that will not be kept back by clothing for many obvious reasons. the real problem here is 1) this polices all women, and women's rights to their bodies and livelihood as a whole 2) the notion is ignorant, and most likely has roots in stereotypes that are enforced by news outlets and rescue foundation (organizations that claim to work for "sex trafficking victims" but just target sex workers as the cause of sex trafficking while not doing anything to help actual sex trafficking victims) and 3) the repeated attempt to abolish sex workers and remove their rights and vision from society can and has had repeated consequences. one of my favorites is the rape incidents to porn consumption ratio (ill replace this with a link when i can). another great one is sex workers being murder victims for misogynist serial killers and because their work is illegal, police treat their lives as subhuman and unworthy of investigating. hookers are girls too, with fathrs and brothers like your own sisters.

this is a problem that has many faces, shaming women for being sexual while perceiving women's bodies as inherently sexual objects to subjugate, patriarchal mentality, must be faced. we must accept that groups that are in positions of power must be held accountable, even if that means holding yourself accountable for your thoughts and actions. simply two dimensional advocacy is not and never will be enough, we need rudimentary knowledge reshaping for things to truly get better. it takes a village, but we all need to be willing to be on the most progressive page, the one that promotes the most understanding no matter the comfort or dissonance sacrificed. however if we refuse to even talk about the beginnings of the problem how can we reach a solution????

i hope the internet amplifies the will of sex workers globally so that we can talk about the core issues, instead of trying to pretty up a situation perceived as inevitable with softcore politically correct "activism". no one has the right to dictate what a person selling sex wears, as it does not matter, and is tethered to major issues such as how men perceive women and their bodies.

 

I cannot say that I am too surprised here, but it does seem like a little bit of a reach to try and start banning things that people can wear. When it comes to laws like this I think you open yourself up to a lot of criticism for profiling and things like that, which is not a good look for a government or public body.

 

I only travel to places where the majority of women dress like prostitutes.
Looks like Salerno won't be getting my tourism dollars anytime soon.

Realistically if anyone thinks that making people dress a certain way is going to cut down on the sex trade they must be on some high grade researcher chemicals.
Just another example of bureaucrats with nothing better to do.

 

I doubt it will work, and it seems quite bizarre that they would try to enforce this because not all women who wear mini skirts are prostitutes. It would be better to monitor the brothels than the streets. Smaller towns like Salerno can be conservative, but I doubt they can male it illegal, but trying to fine someone for what they wear is silly. Police can pull prostitutes off the street, but some don't wear mini skirts so that doesn't stop the problem.

 

I'm sure they know that this won't do anything to bring down prostitution. I think the whole point is to clean up the image of the city. The prostitutes will be exactly where they were always before but if this law is properly enforced... something that probably won't even happen... then they might dress more normally. Who knows.

But yeah. It's definitely not going to weed out prostitution. (why don't they just make it legal?)

 

cause that would cause culture shock with impossible consequences including shattering shitty arguments like "sex workers cause sex trafficking by creating a demand for sex" and "women who you pay to engage with sexually are subhuman, filthy and sinful and don't deserve anything" and none of the normies would know how to handle it lol.