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This article explores the activities of George Soros and his charitable
organization, Open Society Foundations (OSF), in advocating for the full
decriminalization of the sex trade industry. Research finds that OSF spends
only a small amount of money on grass roots “sex worker” groups around the
world advocating for full decriminalization, but the foundation awards larger
amounts of funds to large human rights groups whose reports and policies have a
wider reach. OSF’s rationale for full decriminalization fails to consider
violence and coercion in the sex trade industry, misreads research, and does
not include research from venues where full decriminalization of prostitution
has occurred. Thus OSF and its grantees have created a partial view on
prostitution that they advocate to the public. Those concerned with trafficking
for sexual exploitation, violence, coercion, and abuse in prostitution should
be cognizant of these strategies used by decriminalization advocates funded by
OSF and be prepared to point out the unsupported assumptions and meet OSF’s
allegations with proven facts.
Dignity: A Journal on
Sexual Exploitation and Violence: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 1.
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