{"id":38661,"date":"2022-06-20T18:45:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=38661"},"modified":"2022-06-20T18:45:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:45:23","slug":"sociologist-calls-for-the-legalization-of-prostitution-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/sociologist-calls-for-the-legalization-of-prostitution-in-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociologist calls for the legalization of prostitution in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sociologist Gezim Tushi declared that he is in favor of legalizing prostitution in our country.<\/p>\n<p>During his interview on Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018SOT\u2019, Tushi said that since the year 2004, when this debate first started to take place in the Albanian public sphere, he has been in favor of its legalization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sexual revolution in our country started too late, after the 90s, at a time when in other countries it began during the 70s. We\u2019ve made steps forward but we\u2019re not where we need to be,\u201d \u2013 said the sociologist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an ongoing clash between different moral frameworks. However, when a certain issue has already embarked on a specific path, it\u2019s useless to try and resist it,\u201d \u2013 he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tushi, it\u2019s not only massage parlors that act as \u2018hubs\u2019 for prostitution but across the country, there are hotels, motels, and other businesses that offer similar services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/today\/2022\/06\/20\/most-clients-asked-for-sexual-favors-in-my-massage-parlor-says-former-owner\/\">Most clients asked for sexual favors in my massage parlor, says former owner<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sociologist Gezim Tushi declared that he is in favor of legalizing prostitution in our country. During his interview on Euronews Albania\u2019s \u2018SOT\u2019, Tushi said that since the year 2004, when this debate first started to take place in the Albanian public sphere, he has been in favor of its legalization. \u201cThe sexual revolution in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":38662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sociologist calls for the legalization of prostitution in Albania - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/sociologist-calls-for-the-legalization-of-prostitution-in-albania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sociologist calls for the legalization of prostitution in Albania - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sociologist Gezim Tushi declared that he is in favor of legalizing prostitution in our country. 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