{"id":106078,"date":"2021-10-19T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106078"},"modified":"2021-10-19T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:48:57","slug":"washington-post-spanish-prime-minister-vows-to-abolish-prostitution-saying-it-enslaves-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=106078","title":{"rendered":"(Washington Post) Spanish prime minister vows to abolish prostitution, saying it \u2018enslaves\u2019 women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has promised to abolish prostitution in the country, saying it \u201censlaves\u201d women.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a three-day congress of his ruling Socialist Workers\u2019 Party on Sunday, S\u00e1nchez vowed to move ahead with a pledge to outlaw prostitution that was part of his leftist party\u2019s election manifesto in 2019. The manifesto called prostitution \u201cone of the cruelest aspects of the feminization of poverty and one of the worst forms of violence against women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prostitution has boomed in Spain since the practice was decriminalized in 1995; a 2011 U.N. report cited Spain as the third-biggest capital of prostitution in the world, behind Thailand and Puerto Rico, and it has made a name for itself as the brothel of Europe. Recent estimates put revenue from Spain\u2019s domestic sex trade at $26.5 billion a year, with as many as 300,000 people working in the industry.<\/p>\n

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Spanish prime minister vows to abolish prostitution, saying it \u2018enslaves\u2019 women https:\/\/t.co\/5mbZwFqT9c<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n