The offer, crossing Madrid’s Plaza del Sol late at night, was formulated in these terms: “A little glass and a hot pussy, guys?” Our indifference led the commercial to warn us that the product offered to us was of quality and non-perishable: “Maybe tomorrow! They are the best national and international pussies!” Nothing extraordinary. The market imposes its rules throughout the planet. And the market for women’s meat, as well as men’s meat for men, is in demand in all segments and places. From the dust that costs thousands of non-negotiable euros to the arrangement that is paid with the charity of what is carried in the wallet. Bodies suitable for all economies. That no punter, habitual or sporadic, stays with the desire inside.
The new proposal for an organic law to abolish prostitution that has begun to be processed in Congress aims to put an end to this picture. Goodbye to the business by way of also punishing the client with even prison sentences. The change will be radical. Contingents of reinforcement prostitutes will no longer be necessary in Barcelona to cover the demand of the big congresses. The urban landscape will mutate. We will no longer see women auctioned off like cattle in the street. They will close the intensive sex farms and also those with a more ecological format and kilometer zero, which also exist in this sector. Goodbye to the plastic chairs on the national highways where the prostitutes await the passage of the driver in trouble. Final point to the history of humanity. As simple as turning into a criminal who scratches his pocket to access fornication. And then to eat partridges and everyone happy. But it will be no.
Those who accuse the Government of being moralistic and trying to control the lives of adults are right. But that is not the issue. After all, this and nothing else – controlling the lives of adults and imposing a certain type of morality – has been the main reason for the existence of power. The question is whether, in one way or another, making whoring a crime will be beneficial to ending pimping, white slavery, sexual slavery and all the filth that usually accompanies the underworld of whoredom. Only the application of the new norm and time will answer the question. Although experience and intuition allow us to opt for a rather scarce success right now. The purchase of bodies by the hour is so profitable, common and so naturalized that it does not seem that a regulation that will not have the resources to enforce it will have a far-reaching impact. And yet, there is something about the intended law that, regardless of the result it achieves, deserves to be viewed with sympathy. Because not even knowing he is on target will he change his habits, for someone to remind the whoremonger that his participation – punishable when the law is passed – is essential to keep the industrial network of crotch exploitation buoyant is a message that is very necessary.
Other criticisms come from those who support the legalization of the great brothel that our society hides behind its curtains. His argument is that this would be the only effective way for male and female prostitutes to work with dignity and normality. On the contrary, punitive policies such as the new law are, according to this point of view, harmful because far from helping those who prostitute themselves, they stigmatize them and force them to live under the radar and in worse conditions. Perhaps they are right and the only way to tackle the matter is for investment funds and franchise chains to end up operating the sex market. Globalization, despite being in low hours, would then make it possible for the punter to move around all the countries without unpleasant surprises and recognizing all the flavors. It would be enough to always go to the facilities of the McPussy on duty. They are right about one thing: neither pursuing supply, nor doing the same with demand, is going to put an end to prostitution. But that is not a reason for a society to surrender to what brings nothing good. And the sale of human flesh is what it is, even if you have won by voluntarily going to the window. It is enough to be clear about this to know which side to take when you are offered a drink and a hot pussy and also when a law like this begins to be processed in the Congress of Deputies.
