by Kylie Handler, editor
On Saturday, the far-left Women’s March sent their support to a website known for facilitating sex trafficking and underage prostitution.
The U.S. government shutdown Backpage.com on Friday and reportedly brought criminal charges against seven different people involved in the operation of the website for their involvement in prostitution and money laundering.
Despite a win for victims of prostitution and sex trafficking, the Women’s March saw the seizing of this illegal website as a major loss — and they advocated for the rights of sex workers.
“The shutting down of #Backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in touch with clients. Sex workers rights are women’s rights,” the Women’s March tweeted on Saturday.
. The shutting down of #Backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in touch with clients. Sex workers rights are women’s rights. Follow @SafeSpacesDC @melissagira @swopusa @KateDAdamo @supporthosechi @anaorsomething for more info. https://t.co/S3Orx3aM8Z
— Women's March (@womensmarch) April 7, 2018
The Women’s March also tweeted,”In the coming days, we will be sharing more about sex workers rights to uplift this critical issue. We’re all still learning and as always, we have to listen to the voices of those most impacted. #SexWorkIsWork.”
In the coming days, we will be sharing more about sex workers rights to uplift this critical issue. We’re all still learning and as always, we have to listen to the voices of those most impacted. #SexWorkIsWork
— Women's March (@womensmarch) April 7, 2018
The leaders of the Women’s March should be charged with influencing sex trafficking and prostitution. Sex is not work — nor is it humane to advocate for those who influence this type of illegal activity.
Victims of prostitution deserve to be rescued. I thought the Women’s March was working on bringing voices to women and rescuing women — not pledging support for their abusers.
The Women’s March tweeted a link to their supporters to read from another Twitter user who rambled on about why the government has no business to monitor “sex workers” who should “have agency and autonomy and make the BEST decision for themselves” —
Please read this important thread. #DecrimNow #SESTA #FOSTA https://t.co/cvhlvrNDLj
— Women's March (@womensmarch) April 7, 2018
Listen to Black sex workers ! We support everyone’s ability to work! Sex work is work. Sex workers deserve to work free from violence (especially at the hands of the state) and should be provided the resources and tools needed to make their own decisions. https://t.co/Z5oUAmt6Nk
— BYP100 (@byp100) April 6, 2018
Sex workers don’t need to be rescued.
Sex workers have agency and autonomy and make the BEST decision for themselves.
Sex workers deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
Sex workers should not be criminalized.
— BYP100 (@byp100) April 7, 2018
It comes as no shock that this progressive Democratic organization felt comfortable sharing support for a website that is involved in sex trafficking. The Women’s March board member Linda Sarsour once expressed a desire to “take away” a Muslim critic’s vagina because she did not “deserve to be” a woman.
The Women’s March is not a proper representation of the opinions of all women — and certainly will never represent the opinions I hold.
Child prostitution is criminal, and the leaders of the Women’s March deserve jail time for advocating in support of this horrific act.
–Kylie Handler is a news editor for The Horn News