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A NEW film aimed at battling prostitution and trafficking had a somewhat controversial airing in London last week.
Buying Her, the latest product from US non-profit organisation Exodus Cry, focuses on men who pay prostituted women. Both the film and its director, the charity’s CEO Benjamin Nolot, use the term “sex buyers” — wording that was hotly contested by some of those gathered at Leicester Square’s Vue Cinema.
I spoke with a dozen or so audience members after the showing and while most were pleased to see a spotlight shone on punters, there was discomfort and even annoyance at some of the men’s stories.
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