In Sweden it’s also legal to sell heroin, but buying it is against the law. /s
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Sweden is one of the strictest countries in Europe when it comes to drugs. Fairly certain selling heroin is very much not legal in Sweden.
On a related note, Sweden has (at least historically) had one of the highest OD death rates despite its strict drug regulation.
Edit: somehow totally missed the /s, but I’ll leave the comment up anyway :)
So, to clarify. Sweden has for a very long time a system where buying sex is illegal but selling sex is legal. This is to make sure the man buying is considered criminal and the woman selling a victim. This new ban is just a way to keep it that way online as well.
What becomes illegal is paying for custom personalized performances (because a man can say "I'll give you $1000 if you stick this painful thing up your ass", which can be a difficult request to deny if you are poor), but selling prerecorded stuff will not be banned.
Men (and other genders) are sex workers also. This is not a man/woman thing, this is a power imbalance thing.
Fair, but this is kind of a "not all men!!" thing to point out. The vast majority of sex workers are women, the vast majority of people being victims to sex trafficking are women. The vast majority of people paying for sex are men. Just face it.
Also. Buttholes. Everybody’s got a butthole.
it’s not really a not all men thing… it’s a difference in the thinking: by saying women, you’ve completely ignored gay men, and we have often have a hyper sexual culture and don’t often have issues like domestic violence and abuse represented well
the power imbalance is the important thing - it’s an inherently non-gendered situation, despite the correlation that it mainly effects women… intent is important
idc about sex sites but onlyfans gives me brainrot. good one sweden. shame for the other sites that are affected i guess?
Like other censorship efforts, these politicians appear never to have heard of VPNs.
From a purely logical perspective, it isn’t clear how these performers are different from athletes or actors.
VPNs don't hide the payment details to your bank. It's not impossible to hide, but an additional complication
Fair point. Add prepaid cards to the list. :)
"Obviously these politicians who outlaw murder have never heard of a gun. I can still easily kill people!"
Your point?
Because you aren't paying actor or athletes to perform acts on your live demands, especially not sexual acts.
So will they also outlaw celebrities selling personalized birthday messages? Answering machine messages? Commissioned dances? Other hired performances? What about improv? Commissioned paintings? Where does it end?
I dunno
Some scenes in films and theaters would reach that mark.
And some of the athlete's outfits too 😁
Actors get the script beforehand. Also it is a regulated industry, there is unions and protections in place. For starters age restrictions are reliably enforced so no minor is going to be in an explicit sex scene in a box office movie production.
Like other censorship efforts, these politicians appear never to have heard of VPNs.
It's not blocking it, just creating legal risk for someone who does purchase OnlyFans stuff from Sweden. I kind of doubt that Swedish law enforcement is going to be actively looking for this, but I suppose that if they're looking into someone for some other reason and there are payments to OnlyFans with a payment service in Sweden, that's probably a way to add more charges.
It's to use on whistle blowers maybe? Hrrm, Assange hrrm.
Wow I thought you were cool Sweden :/
Wait until you discover their politics about drugs.
🤫 we don't discuss that or we're branded as addicts
While viewing and paying for pre-recorded content remains legal, the law targets live, commissioned interactions, which lawmakers argue blur legal and ethical lines.
Interesting distinction they are making there.
California has a history of running a porn production industry but disallowing prostitution, which results in the somewhat-bizarre situation where it's illegal to pay someone for sex, but that becomes legal if it is being filmed for an audience to watch.
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