3 hours agoThe Finnish MP reveals the past as a prostitute: I needed money.
Periskopi(9 months ago)
(9 months ago)Finnish MP Anna Kontula has discovered she has committed the prostitute for years before entering politics. In an interview with Helsingin Sanomat (HS) published on Saturday, Kontula said she was not ashamed of the experience, adding that this helped shape her political career. Countula, 48, yes [...]
In an interview with Helsingin Sanomat (HS) published on Saturday, Kontula said she was not ashamed of the experience, adding that this helped shape her political career.
Kontula, 48, is serving her fourth term in the Finnish Parliament. While campaigning long ago for the rights of sex workers, she had never spoken publicly about her experience.
Kontula told the HS that he started working both as a escort at the age of 16 while living in a student dormitory and said the choice came from both financial difficulties and curiosity.
I wanted to make a living and this was a very rational solution”, she explained, broadcast Euronews.al.
She worked in the cut-off sex industry for nearly two decades and became an open lawyer. In 2002, she cofounded the union of sex workers SALLI and published writings challenging public perceptions of industry.
When Finland adopted a law in 2006 that partially limited the purchase of sexual services, it saw it as a partial victory, noting it included protection for trafficking victims.
Kontula has served in parliament since 2011, continuing to campaign for the rights of sex workers. When asked why she decided to talk now, she told the HS: “to talk about the subject now can benefit social debate on sexual work and its guidance. ”
She has announced that she will not run for re-election and is being trained to become a social worker, including providing safe sex education.
Contula's opening has already drawn criticism. In an opinion published in the HS on Sunday, legal psychologist Pia Puolaka called “excusing” that the MP described sexual work as “just working among others” and argued that “the normalisation of sexual work does not make society cheaper or more fair”.
The task of a civilized state is to ensure conditions in which no one should sell its privacy”, Puolaka wrote.
The prostitution is legal in Finland with several exceptions. Although Kontula was a minor when he began his sexual work, Finnish law did not stop him at that time.
However, 2006 legislation partly criminalised the acquisition of sexual services, making it illegal to purchase from minors, trafficking victims or those involved in procurement. /Periscope/
