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Att sälja sin kropp och förlora sitt hem - En redogörelse för hur bristande vandel kan tolkas i den samtida rättskulturen

Westholm, Clara LU (2023) LAGF03 20232
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
The foreign prostitute has, over a period of more than 100 years, transitioned
from being deported due to her antisocial behavior to being regarded as a
victim today. This development has taken place over an extended period,
where the perspectives of legislators and society have alternately influenced
each other. A clear stance was taken by the state when the criminalization of
sex purchase was introduced in 1999. Prostitution was acknowledged as a
serious societal issue, but punishing the vulnerable was deemed by the legislator as unjust. This viewpoint persists today among both authorities and human rights advocates. The question is how the Tidö Agreement's proposal
regarding lack of moral conduct aligns with this perspective.
... (More)
The foreign prostitute has, over a period of more than 100 years, transitioned
from being deported due to her antisocial behavior to being regarded as a
victim today. This development has taken place over an extended period,
where the perspectives of legislators and society have alternately influenced
each other. A clear stance was taken by the state when the criminalization of
sex purchase was introduced in 1999. Prostitution was acknowledged as a
serious societal issue, but punishing the vulnerable was deemed by the legislator as unjust. This viewpoint persists today among both authorities and human rights advocates. The question is how the Tidö Agreement's proposal
regarding lack of moral conduct aligns with this perspective.
The essay aims to elucidate how the concept of lacking moral conduct fits
into today's legal culture. Expelling someone on the grounds of prostitution
has not been possible in Sweden since 1989. At the time the first deportation
law was introduced, the foreign prostitute was viewed as mentally ill, disorderly, and a societal danger who should be deported. This perception persisted
within the legislator until the early 1980s, after a strong feminist spirit had
permeated the previous decade in both legislation and society at large.
The blame was thus shifted away from the prostitute and instead placed on
troubled upbringings and insufficient societal efforts. As attitudes towards her
changed, immigration legislation followed suit. The legislator expressed the
inconsistency of treating Swedish and foreign prostitutes differently, leading
to the abolition of prostitution as a deportation ground.
In 1999, the Sex Purchase Act came into effect as a result of a changed perspective on prostitution and its participants, with a focus on the buyer. Despite
the harmful effects of prostitution on society, the legislator considered it more
important to protect the exploited woman than to possibly address the problem through the criminalization of the seller.
Since then, prostitutes have been deemed worthy of protection by both legislators and society, and foreign women have been considered among the most
vulnerable. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Den utländska prostituerade kvinnan har under drygt 100 år gått från att utvisas på grund av sin asocialitet till att i dag betraktas som ett offer. En utveckling som skett över lång tid där lagstiftarens och samhällets syn på problemet
påverkat varandra om vartannat. Ett tydligt ställningstagande presenterades
från statens sida när en kriminalisering av sexköp infördes år 1999. Prostitutionen var ett allvarligt samhällsproblem, men att straffa den utsatta anförde
lagstiftaren som oskäligt. Ett synssätt som än idag råder hos såväl myndigheter som människorättsjurister. Frågan är hur Tidöavtalets förslag om bristande vandel överensstämmer med detta synssätt.
Uppsatsen ämnar redogöra för hur bristande vandel passar in i dagens... (More)
Den utländska prostituerade kvinnan har under drygt 100 år gått från att utvisas på grund av sin asocialitet till att i dag betraktas som ett offer. En utveckling som skett över lång tid där lagstiftarens och samhällets syn på problemet
påverkat varandra om vartannat. Ett tydligt ställningstagande presenterades
från statens sida när en kriminalisering av sexköp infördes år 1999. Prostitutionen var ett allvarligt samhällsproblem, men att straffa den utsatta anförde
lagstiftaren som oskäligt. Ett synssätt som än idag råder hos såväl myndigheter som människorättsjurister. Frågan är hur Tidöavtalets förslag om bristande vandel överensstämmer med detta synssätt.
Uppsatsen ämnar redogöra för hur bristande vandel passar in i dagens rättskultur. Att utvisa någon på grund av prostitution har nämligen inte varit möjligt i Sverige sedan år 1989. Vid tiden då den första utvisningslagen infördes
sågs den utländska prostituerade kvinnan som en sinnessjuk, ordningsstörande och samhällsfarlig person, och hon skulle utvisas. En syn som alltjämt
vidmakthölls hos lagstiftaren fram tills början på 1980-talet, efter att en stark
feministisk anda genomsyrat tidigare decennium både vad gäller lagstiftning
och samhället i stort.
Skulden fråntogs därigenom den prostituerade kvinnan och lades istället på
trasiga uppväxter och bristande samhälleliga insatser. I takt med att synen på
henne förändrades gjorde utlänningslagstiftningen detsamma. Lagstiftaren
framförde det märkliga i att behandla den svenska och den utländska prostituerade kvinnan så olika, vilket följaktligen ledde till att prostitution som utvisningsgrund avskaffades.
År 1999 trädde sexköpslagen i kraft som ett resultat av en förändrad syn på
prostitutionen och dess parter, med köparen i fokus. Trots prostitutionens
samhällsskadliga verkningar ansåg lagstiftaren det viktigare att skydda den utnyttjade kvinnan än att, möjligtvis, åtgärda problemet genom en kriminalisering av säljaren. Sedan dess har de prostituerade bedömts vara skyddsvärda
av såväl lagstiftaren som samhället, och bland de mest utsatta har den utländska kvinnan ansetts vara. (Less)
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author
Westholm, Clara LU
supervisor
organization
course
LAGF03 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
rättshistoria, migrationsrätt, prostitution, utvisning, bristande vandel
language
Swedish
id
9142891
date added to LUP
2024-02-02 12:44:07
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2024-02-02 12:44:07
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  abstract     = {{The foreign prostitute has, over a period of more than 100 years, transitioned
from being deported due to her antisocial behavior to being regarded as a
victim today. This development has taken place over an extended period,
where the perspectives of legislators and society have alternately influenced
each other. A clear stance was taken by the state when the criminalization of
sex purchase was introduced in 1999. Prostitution was acknowledged as a
serious societal issue, but punishing the vulnerable was deemed by the legislator as unjust. This viewpoint persists today among both authorities and human rights advocates. The question is how the Tidö Agreement's proposal
regarding lack of moral conduct aligns with this perspective.
The essay aims to elucidate how the concept of lacking moral conduct fits
into today's legal culture. Expelling someone on the grounds of prostitution
has not been possible in Sweden since 1989. At the time the first deportation
law was introduced, the foreign prostitute was viewed as mentally ill, disorderly, and a societal danger who should be deported. This perception persisted
within the legislator until the early 1980s, after a strong feminist spirit had
permeated the previous decade in both legislation and society at large.
The blame was thus shifted away from the prostitute and instead placed on
troubled upbringings and insufficient societal efforts. As attitudes towards her
changed, immigration legislation followed suit. The legislator expressed the
inconsistency of treating Swedish and foreign prostitutes differently, leading
to the abolition of prostitution as a deportation ground.
In 1999, the Sex Purchase Act came into effect as a result of a changed perspective on prostitution and its participants, with a focus on the buyer. Despite
the harmful effects of prostitution on society, the legislator considered it more
important to protect the exploited woman than to possibly address the problem through the criminalization of the seller. 
Since then, prostitutes have been deemed worthy of protection by both legislators and society, and foreign women have been considered among the most
vulnerable.}},
  author       = {{Westholm, Clara}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att sälja sin kropp och förlora sitt hem - En redogörelse för hur bristande vandel kan tolkas i den samtida rättskulturen}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}