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the "white slavery" moral panic of the 1880s

Posted by Baldur on Monday, November 04 2019 at 2:19:07PM
In reply to lay it out for us. posted by Eeyore on Sunday, November 03 2019 at 04:56:57AM

The white slavery moral panic of the 1880s in Britain pretended to be about "saving" women from slavery, but of course it was actually about attacking prostitution for the benefit of wives who didn't like the competition. Many of the prostitutes were young, which is why the first action against "white slavery" was to repurpose the age of consent (originally intended to protect children from prosecution) and raise it to twelve.

In attacking these prostitutes they also implied that any man who hired such a prostitute was the moral equivalent of a slaver.




Baldur






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