This week SBC aired back to back programs on Prostitution in Seychelles. The social taboo of discussing prostitution in Seychelles had been cut open like a bleeding wound. Although prostitution in Seychelles has been in practice since the first settlers, arrival, prostitution today is tied intricately to heroin addiction, HIV infection, along with the other social roller coasters it comes with.
Apostles of The Night
Apostles of the Night, a non profit organization, along with statistic and survey expert Ben Vel, has taken the issue head on. While the presentation shocked all viewers, it also brought to light the years on years of neglect, proper governmental attention, to numerous national plights. In discussing prostitution, what have we witnessed? The HIV figures are daunting, heroin addiction has become a national plague, child abuse is unchecked. Physiological assistance for victims of under age sex is lacking. The Apostles of the Night have uncovered a grave social darkness at the heart of Seychellois society.
Prostitution Supply and Demand
Program contributors claim the forces of Supply and Demand are at play in prostitution. 600 confirmed street prostitutes cater to 16000 single men on GOP and an unconfirmed amount of Tourist seeking holiday sex. The figures are alarming, the risk for disease and HIV infection is real, it all evolves around heroin. A vicious circle, which presents us with a problem beyond any one individuals' ability resolve. Where has self worth gone, the dignity and self respect of the prostitutes and Johns. Where is our class as a People? What has happen to our religious beliefs? We have reduced the prostitution issue to an issue of Supply and Demand.
For the Supply Demand logic, there is good news. Behind those offices and desks in Victoria, there are too high class prostitutes we are told. There is ample supply.
We Know The Vulnerable What Will GOS Do?
Now that the national disgrace covered up and ignored by Michel Administration is in the open for us all to see in shock, what will government do about the matter? We now have a Minister of Family Affairs named Jeanne Simeon. Minister Simeon has what it takes to tackle the rough and tough. She has a big problem of social decay social degradation to deal with.
The problem is multi facet and she must act on multiple fronts. 1. What must be done to protect the individual victim from themselves and others? 2. What coordination must be done with national NGOs? 3. What about drug addiction and treatment of the 4000 addicts? Relapse chances are 3:1. So these 4000 addicts will require 12,000 treatment cycles. It is a daunting task for government. Sending them to an island (Coetivy) by air will not be financially feasible.
Work Together To Resolve National ISSUES
When I see Dr. Herminie facing this drug issue alone because he has been a front line political player for PL, dressed down by the LDS, I feel sorry for all those heroin addicts that need his help, but he has been marginalized by LDS to the point that opposition players stay away from helping him and getting involved to face down this addiction problem. If we want to seriously combat heroin, we need to work together and accept that a drug addict could give a rats ass if you are Le Pep or LDS and any other. But they are Seychellois, for that we need to do more then just talk,talk,talk,talk.
The country is too small to remain divided and expect us to succeed at putting Pandora back in her box!
If you think it is a workable formula, let Pandora increase the numbers of prostitutes , addicts, HIV in Seychelles, she will surely, not leave your house door without entering it, for Pandora never accepts no as an answer!
Sesel Pou Seselwa!
May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!
6 comments:
Brilliant comparison. When Greek metrology personality Pandora ( she who was gifted with all) open her box - all that is evil locked in the box was let out. She closed the box, all that was left in the box was hope. Today, Seychelles has only hope left in her box. All the evil that can escape has escaped.
Pray for peace. Pray for mercy on our souls.
The worse is yet to come. Our society is sliding down hill very fast. Only yesterday, I was grossly insulted by picnickers simply by refusing to give them electricity for their music.Decent folks rarely turn out at public events these days because of the general attitude of the people.Sometimes, I still wonder if Hope is still in Pandora's box??
Interesting. I see most of time they take a old fridge to the beach, a generator and 1000 watts speakers. When drugs and alcohol mix err is little politeness. This addiction issue now has us all on a roller coaster ride.
Dr. Herminie can make a valuable contributions fighting drugs. LDS should enclose him. They did the same thing to st. Ange. Just because st. Ange refuse to lap dog priest millionaire he launched a vicious attack on him on his world tourism candidacy to support an incompetent candidate from Zimbabwe. Potter was voted down as a minister. She was fed up with LDS attitude and left government. Imagine if LDS won th election? Le pep people u be walking in chain gangs down Victoria. Priest millionaire would be whipping them until hey cough up all the money most likely io his account.
Why are we not in the top 10 Island destination anymore? Surely we should ask St. Ange this question, since it happened under his oversight.
Generally speAKKING PROSTITUTION IN MANY COUNTIRES IS CONSIDERED A ELGLA ANDN ORMAL PROFESSION WHILE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORDL TISI S CONSIDERED A CRIME.....
pL/lds MUST FIRST DECIDE IN WHICH CATEGORY PROSTITUTION IN SEYCHELLES IS.
i WOULD OPT FOR THE ALTER.wHY?bECAUSE PROSTITUION IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE,EXPLOITATION,IT IS ABUSING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICVCAL WEEKNESS OF WEOMEN ...THUS ANY ABUSE OF HUMAN BEING SHOULD BE DEAL WITH A A CRIME.It reduce women to an object ,commodite that one can purchaSE LIKE PRUCHASING CATTLE OR FISH AT THE MARKET........wE ALL EQUAL UNDER THE LAW pl7lds.
tHE SOLUTIONS__-tOO LONG WOMEN HAVE BEEN HARRASED ,NAMED AND SHAMED FOR PROSTITUING AS IF THEY DO IT FOR FAN.....WHILE THE johns/pimps OR THE ABUSERS NEVER FACE CRTITZISM OR ELSE ....
iT IS THEREFORE HIGH TIME THE gOVT CARCK DOWN OF THE jo)hnS AND piMPS.....pORSTITUTE^S CLIENTS MUST BE DEAL WITH FOR THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM .........whITOUHT DEAMND THERE IS NOT SUPPLY .......b
tHE GOVT MUST PASS LAW THAT MAKE PAYING FOR SEX A CRIMINAL ACT AND BE PENALIZED ........oFTEN WOMEN ARE VICITMS AND THE GUYS WHO PAY IS THE REAL PERVERSE,ABUSER .......
buying and sellliNH OF SEX MUST BE STOPPED AND FOR ANY LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE WE MUST TAKE ON ON THE pROSTITUTES CLIETNS ,,WHIZHOUT THER LATTER THERE WOULD BE LITERALLY NO FORMER......
ROSTITUION MUST BE SEEN AS A CDRIME FOR IT IS ALSO PUTTING AT RISKS WOMEN HEALTH AT RISKS ........eugenics: THE SCIENCE OF PROTECTING THE PEOPLES HEALTH .....A DUTY AND OBLIGATION OF THE ANY STATE ...
oF COURSE ,,THERE MUST BE Also programmes to help women get out of the vicious and dangerous cricle of prostituion ..rehabilitation .preventive education ...training them ofr a job ,,,aND HAVING ALSO FAMILY MEMBERS AND CLSOE FIENDS INVOVLE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEM OUT OF THIS GREAT HUMAn abuse.
aGAIN THE RIGHT WAY T OFIGHT PROSTITUION IS TO CRIMINALIZE IT ....AFTER ALL ,STAte has a dutay and obligation to protect all its citizens regardless gender..........stop the abuses by men pl/LDS ..they the predators without them the proliferation....
Crack down of the4 johns pl/lds .....NO DEAMND THERE IS NO SULLY .....SHAME AND NAME THOSE PERVERSE ,,MANY MARRIED MEN TOO ,,,,,,,PERPETAUTING THE CRIMES NAME THEM ,SHAME THEM ...YOU COULD EVBEN PUT THEIR NAME AND PHOT IN NEWSPAPERS ETC JUST LI9KE YOU DO FOR OTHER CRIMINBALS .......SCREW THE pURCAHSERS AND PROTECT THE VICTIMS OF THIS GRAND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE noW ......
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