【TOMO雙語爆】「房客萬萬睡」以性代租廣告 難起訴

出版時間 2015/09/17

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美國分類廣告網站Craigslist上,徵女子以「性行為」代替租金的變相賣淫廣告,相當猖獗。

通常這些廣告都是由寂寞的老男人刊登,想找女性來同住。

其中有許多廣告要女性提供家務和性服務,當作支付租金的方式。當局擔心弱勢女性可能由於急需找到住處,而以性作交換。

雖然以「性」代替任何償付都是違法的,但警方難以起訴這種交易的徵求者。同意從事這種交易的女性,甚至可能被迫從事其他事前未同意的交易。

她們可能被迫從事真正的賣淫、性奴役或人口販賣。

調查此類案件的警方表示,廣告觸法的程度,依其用詞而定。若只說「室友萬萬睡」(roommate with benefits)則太過模糊,但若提到以「性」代替租金,則可做為起訴依據。

俄亥俄州代頓市(Dayton)助理檢察官Andrew Sexton向WDTN電視台表示,光憑廣告起訴,相當困難。

有些刊登廣告的男性接受俄亥俄州調查記者訪問時,承認的確是在徵求「以性代租」的女子。

英文原文:

Ads offering rent free housing to women in exchange for sex are rampant on the website, Craigslist.

The ads are mostly posted by lonely older men looking for a woman to share their house with.

Many of them list housework and chores along with sex as a form of rent payment.

Authorities are worried that vulnerable women might resort to having sex out of desperation for a place to live.

Although it is illegal to offer any kind of compensation for sex, police have a hard time prosecuting this particular kind of solicitation.

Another concern is that the women go for the scheme might get forced into other activities they didn’t sign up for. 

They might accept the initial arrangement then get forced into straight up prostitution, sex slavery, or human trafficking.

Police who are investigating these unsavory Craigslist ads say that their legal status depends on the wording. Using phrases like “roommate with benefits” is too vague,

but if they specifically use the word “sex” in lieu of rent, that could be grounds for prosecution.

Dayton, Ohio Assistant prosecutor, Andrew Sexton, told WDTN TV that prosecuting based on the ads alone would be difficult.

Some of the men posting these ads were tracked down by an investigative journalist in Ohio, 

who admitted that their Craigslist ads did indeed mean they were seeking sex in lieu of rent.

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