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If you find yourself redirected here from a "Prostitution in X Country" page, my apologies. I went through and noticed that the majority of the "prostitution in X country" pages had a single line of text, not even a full summary. The subject itself is notable, so I preserved the information by simply copying and pasting all of the data from each individual page, onto this compilation page, and then having the original page redirect.
With as little information as was available on each individual page, it seemed to make more sense to have a "survey"-esque encyclopedia entry, that can later be expanded as information for each country is added. MycroftHolmes4 ( talk) 20:03, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
I suggest dividing the sections up in tables split up by the legal status; an example based on Europe would look something like this:
Illegal | Restricted | Legal And Regulated |
---|---|---|
The table itself needs work (yes, I know, I’m not good with Wikipedia tables), but this would allow readers to see instantly what the general status of any given country is (especially if they’re looking for example of places where it is banned or legal specifically, which is what brought me here). (Just a thought.) 174.25.104.203 ( talk) 18:24, 12 May 2010 (UTC)A REDDSON
I don't really see the point of a partial list of country links under the regions that already have their own main pages. They should be replaced with summaries of the region instead. -- Michael Goodyear ( talk) 16:26, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Israeli law is very similar to the Swedish and Norwegian laws. Client and client only commits a crime, period. 84.108.174.49 ( talk) 01:43, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Color for Canada should be also changed as it now has Nordic laws — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noob2013 ( talk • contribs) 12:10, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
Speaking of the colored illustrations, on a couple of them I can't tell the difference between the green and the dark blue. I don't know if they were pre-made images, but should be edited.
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Does "illegal mean that it is illegal for everyone involved? That is, are all aspects of prostitution illegal? Is it both illegal to sell sex and to pay for sex? What about pimping? There are many aspects of this industry. It would be helpful with better explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.210.115.70 ( talk) 20:08, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
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Graphic in upper-right is very helpful. Would it be possible to make a chart summarizing those findings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.1.58.219 ( talk) 21:30, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
The article starts This is a list of countries by prostitution statistics, yet apart from the table of number of prostitutes added recently there are few statistics.
A lot of the content is duplicated in the Prostitution in {continent} articles, and the lists of countries are duplicated in the templates at the bottom of this page. There are also details of some countries, but the choice of countries has no logic to it.
I'm not sure how the article could be improved or even what the purpose of the article really is.
I would suggest this article should be a list of all the "Prostitution in ..." articles, including the less easily found article such as Prostitution in Kolkata and Prostitution in colonial India. A sort of "site map" of "Prostitution in ..." articles. John B123 ( talk) 17:25, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Africa
Prostitution is illegal in the majority of African countries. HIV/AIDS infection rates are particularly high among African sex workers.
Nevertheless, it is common, driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Social breakdown and poverty caused by civil war in several African countries has caused further increases in the rate of prostitution in those countries. For these reasons, some African countries have also become destinations for sex tourism.
Long distance truck drivers have been identified as a group with the high-risk behaviour of sleeping with prostitutes and a tendency to spread the infection along trade routes in the region. Infection rates of up to 33% were observed in this group in the late 1980s in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Prostitution in African areas
- Sovereign states
- Algeria - Angola - Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Chad - Comoros - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Republic of the Congo - Djibouti - Egypt - Equatorial Guinea Eritrea - Ethiopia - Gabon - The Gambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Ivory Coast - Kenya - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Mauritania - Mauritius - Morocco - Mozambique - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Rwanda - São Tomé and Príncipe - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia - South Africa - South Sudan - Sudan - Swaziland - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe
- States with limited recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - Somaliland
- Dependencies and other territories
- Ascension Island - Canary Islands - Ceuta - Madeira - Mayotte - Melilla - Réunion - Saint Helena - Tristan da Cunha - Western Sahara
I agree that it makes sense to move this to Prostitution by region considering its current format. I think List of countries by number of prostitutes is kinda awkward: these sources are of wildly different quality, many countries have multiple and clashing sources that could be used, and some are so poorly cited I can't even work out where they came from, so trying to create a numbered list in its own article is inherently a mess of WP:OR. (I have no problem with an article that isn't numbered list, but it doesn't fit at that title.) I think List of prostitution-by-area articles is a mess: a summary-style breakout from this page to the regions to the countries, as well as a good category system, deals with the problem of finding those articles just fine. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 21:32, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@ The Drover's Wife: I notice you have removed the map with the comment this map is ridiculously incorrect. What parts are incorrect? John B123 ( talk) 22:44, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
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The Drover's Wife: - I've finally got to a position where I can start updating the maps. As well as the 5 different models we discussed above, I've also added 'Legality varies with local laws' to cover Nevada, Mexico etc. Looking at Australia, I was thinking of:
The divisions between different models are not clear cut at times. For example. wasn't sure about Northern Territory, but added it to Legislation as agencies are regulated, but equally it could be argued to add to Abolitionism as brothels are illegal. With your greater local knowledge, your thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers John B123 ( talk) 19:56, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey, one thought I had after this conversation - how are you defining abolitionism here? The Drover's Wife ( talk) 19:18, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
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If you find yourself redirected here from a "Prostitution in X Country" page, my apologies. I went through and noticed that the majority of the "prostitution in X country" pages had a single line of text, not even a full summary. The subject itself is notable, so I preserved the information by simply copying and pasting all of the data from each individual page, onto this compilation page, and then having the original page redirect.
With as little information as was available on each individual page, it seemed to make more sense to have a "survey"-esque encyclopedia entry, that can later be expanded as information for each country is added. MycroftHolmes4 ( talk) 20:03, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
I suggest dividing the sections up in tables split up by the legal status; an example based on Europe would look something like this:
Illegal | Restricted | Legal And Regulated |
---|---|---|
The table itself needs work (yes, I know, I’m not good with Wikipedia tables), but this would allow readers to see instantly what the general status of any given country is (especially if they’re looking for example of places where it is banned or legal specifically, which is what brought me here). (Just a thought.) 174.25.104.203 ( talk) 18:24, 12 May 2010 (UTC)A REDDSON
I don't really see the point of a partial list of country links under the regions that already have their own main pages. They should be replaced with summaries of the region instead. -- Michael Goodyear ( talk) 16:26, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
Israeli law is very similar to the Swedish and Norwegian laws. Client and client only commits a crime, period. 84.108.174.49 ( talk) 01:43, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
Color for Canada should be also changed as it now has Nordic laws — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noob2013 ( talk • contribs) 12:10, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
Speaking of the colored illustrations, on a couple of them I can't tell the difference between the green and the dark blue. I don't know if they were pre-made images, but should be edited.
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Does "illegal mean that it is illegal for everyone involved? That is, are all aspects of prostitution illegal? Is it both illegal to sell sex and to pay for sex? What about pimping? There are many aspects of this industry. It would be helpful with better explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.210.115.70 ( talk) 20:08, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Legality of prostitution in Oceania which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 00:31, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Graphic in upper-right is very helpful. Would it be possible to make a chart summarizing those findings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.1.58.219 ( talk) 21:30, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
The article starts This is a list of countries by prostitution statistics, yet apart from the table of number of prostitutes added recently there are few statistics.
A lot of the content is duplicated in the Prostitution in {continent} articles, and the lists of countries are duplicated in the templates at the bottom of this page. There are also details of some countries, but the choice of countries has no logic to it.
I'm not sure how the article could be improved or even what the purpose of the article really is.
I would suggest this article should be a list of all the "Prostitution in ..." articles, including the less easily found article such as Prostitution in Kolkata and Prostitution in colonial India. A sort of "site map" of "Prostitution in ..." articles. John B123 ( talk) 17:25, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Africa
Prostitution is illegal in the majority of African countries. HIV/AIDS infection rates are particularly high among African sex workers.
Nevertheless, it is common, driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Social breakdown and poverty caused by civil war in several African countries has caused further increases in the rate of prostitution in those countries. For these reasons, some African countries have also become destinations for sex tourism.
Long distance truck drivers have been identified as a group with the high-risk behaviour of sleeping with prostitutes and a tendency to spread the infection along trade routes in the region. Infection rates of up to 33% were observed in this group in the late 1980s in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Prostitution in African areas
- Sovereign states
- Algeria - Angola - Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Chad - Comoros - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Republic of the Congo - Djibouti - Egypt - Equatorial Guinea Eritrea - Ethiopia - Gabon - The Gambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Ivory Coast - Kenya - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Mauritania - Mauritius - Morocco - Mozambique - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Rwanda - São Tomé and Príncipe - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Somalia - South Africa - South Sudan - Sudan - Swaziland - Tanzania - Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe
- States with limited recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - Somaliland
- Dependencies and other territories
- Ascension Island - Canary Islands - Ceuta - Madeira - Mayotte - Melilla - Réunion - Saint Helena - Tristan da Cunha - Western Sahara
I agree that it makes sense to move this to Prostitution by region considering its current format. I think List of countries by number of prostitutes is kinda awkward: these sources are of wildly different quality, many countries have multiple and clashing sources that could be used, and some are so poorly cited I can't even work out where they came from, so trying to create a numbered list in its own article is inherently a mess of WP:OR. (I have no problem with an article that isn't numbered list, but it doesn't fit at that title.) I think List of prostitution-by-area articles is a mess: a summary-style breakout from this page to the regions to the countries, as well as a good category system, deals with the problem of finding those articles just fine. The Drover's Wife ( talk) 21:32, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@ The Drover's Wife: I notice you have removed the map with the comment this map is ridiculously incorrect. What parts are incorrect? John B123 ( talk) 22:44, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
@
The Drover's Wife: - I've finally got to a position where I can start updating the maps. As well as the 5 different models we discussed above, I've also added 'Legality varies with local laws' to cover Nevada, Mexico etc. Looking at Australia, I was thinking of:
The divisions between different models are not clear cut at times. For example. wasn't sure about Northern Territory, but added it to Legislation as agencies are regulated, but equally it could be argued to add to Abolitionism as brothels are illegal. With your greater local knowledge, your thoughts would be appreciated. Cheers John B123 ( talk) 19:56, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
Hey, one thought I had after this conversation - how are you defining abolitionism here? The Drover's Wife ( talk) 19:18, 18 May 2018 (UTC)