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The Contagious Disease Acts - 1860's Britain vs. prostitution
« on: January 24, 2011, 02:48:30 PM »

http://www.fff.org/freedom/0300e.asp

Makes for disturbing reading, and it took 20 years to get repealed.
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Re: The Contagious Disease Acts - 1860's Britain vs. prostitution
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2011, 03:25:16 PM »
If you've ever read "Gate to Women's Country" (one of my favorite books!), they do something similar in that they go out to the camps the whores have and examine them in front of everyone to see if they are clean. They then stamp their forehead if they are or take them to a hospital they can't leave if they have a disease.
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Re: The Contagious Disease Acts - 1860's Britain vs. prostitution
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2011, 03:36:55 PM »
Heh. No need to test the men, or anything. But of course.

I was not aware of this shining bright spot of my nation's history of respect for civil liberties. Thank you, Anumati.
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