P. 96-101Prostitution is not the oldest "trade" in the world; rather, it is the oldest form of exploitation, slavery and gender-based violence
devised by men to subjugate women and keep them at men's sexual disposal. Whenever prostitution is discussed, the role played
by the client is disregarded, protected and minimised. However, it is essential to understand the starting point of this situation:
"There is no supply without demand". It is men who, as a class, maintain, enforce and perpetuate subjection to this form of gender-
based violence, demanding this "trade" and socialising new generations in its "use". In general, studies on the subject have failed
to address this issue, and the consumers of prostitution themselves experience difficulty recognising and accepting their
responsibility. This refusal to engage in a critical examination of the users of prostitution, who are by far the most important link
in the system of prostitution, is nothing more than a tacit defence of male sexual practices and privileges. It is therefore
fundamentally contradictory to talk about and advocate equality between men and women during the education of children whilst
simultaneously supporting relationships and spaces of power that are an exclusively male preserve and in which women only seem
to have a place when they are at the service of men. We have a duty to imagine a world without prostitution, just as we have learnt
to imagine a world without slavery, without apartheid, without gender-based violence and without female infanticide or genital
mutilation. We must not abandon our aspirations to transform society and teach equality between men and womenS
