Who Said Playaz Dont Have a Heart?

An interesting article about who is helping sex workers in Turkey

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/index.html?blog=/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/28/sex/index.html

In May, the UN Organization for Migration set up a hotline, staffed by multilingual operators, for women who have been forced into sexual slavery to call for help. But rather than hearing from desperate women, the operators are hearing from men -- Turkish men, who want to pay for willing prostitutes rather than reluctant ones. In fact, 74% of calls to the hotline have been from men; and in the past six months, more than 100 women have been rescued, and Turkish police have broken up 10 sex trafficking rings.

"I've been very surprised," Marielle Lindstrom, head of the IOM in Turkey, told the Independent. "We haven't noticed this anywhere in Europe. Turkish men seem to have an old-fashioned view of women. They don't mind using prostitutes, but they want the woman to be doing this willingly. If she's found not to be doing it willingly…it affects their pride."

This disproves the stereotype that says that "every guy who have sex with prostitutes is an abusive pig"

That article also disproves the stereotype that all Middle Eastern men are abusive

Most men are tempted to have sex with prostitutes. It's human nature. But that doesn't mean that they all would exploit and rape them.

I'll admit, I'm tempted myself. I've been to strip bars, though I haven't been there in a while (too expensive). I had my fun there, but I would feel really guilty if I was taking services from a woman who was kidnapped and forced to do this!

I want my fun but I dont want to hurt people!