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The protagonist of the Ladies Association was Josephine Butler. Both groups actively campaigned against the acts and between 1870 and 1885, 17,365 petitions against the acts bearing 2,606,429 signatures were presented to the House of Commons, and during the same period, more than 900 meetings were held. | The protagonist of the Ladies Association was Josephine Butler. Both groups actively campaigned against the acts and between 1870 and 1885, 17,365 petitions against the acts bearing 2,606,429 signatures were presented to the House of Commons, and during the same period, more than 900 meetings were held. | ||
In 1886, the CDAs were repealed, and abolitionism had won yet another victory. This abolition had taken 22 years from the first contagious diseases act, and 17 from the foundation of the movement to abolition. In the long run, this was to lead to women organizing themselves and actively campaigning for their rights in all walks of life. | In 1886, the CDAs were repealed, and abolitionism had won yet another victory. This abolition had taken 22 years from the first contagious diseases act, and 17 from the foundation of the movement to abolition. In the long run, this was to lead to women organizing themselves and actively campaigning for their rights in all walks of life. | ||
=== Open Questions === | === Open Questions === | ||
*How did repeal affect prevention and cure of contagious diseases in Britain? Had the repression been completely unnecessary - and if so, could this serve as an argument for the abolition of other repressive legal practices like the criminal justice system? | |||
*Unequal treatment of the sexes can be ended by either extending the "female repression" to men or by extending the "male impunity" to women. In the case of prostitution, the repression of women had been abolished, but there is an open question relating to the possibility of solving the problem the other way around. In some Scandinavian countries, e.g., the idea is much more to extend repressive controls to men than to just lift repressive controls over women. Does this provide a just answer to the problem of equality? | |||
*Some may argue that real abolitionism would not content itself with lifting discriminatory sanctions against women, but would strive to abolish prostitution altogether. In how far could such a policy claim to be truly abolitionist? | |||
If one aims at a so-called pragmatic solution, i.e. one that takes into account the futility of all attempts to stop prostitution altogehter during the ages, and if one resolves to just try and reduce the harm that is being inflicted by prostitution on both the prostitutes themselves and on others, one might try decriminalization. | If one aims at a so-called pragmatic solution, i.e. one that takes into account the futility of all attempts to stop prostitution altogehter during the ages, and if one resolves to just try and reduce the harm that is being inflicted by prostitution on both the prostitutes themselves and on others, one might try decriminalization. | ||