The Party of Sex

Odd political parties go hand in hand with elections in British Columbia. The Sex Party is probably the best example of a relatively small, insignificant issue being blown way out of proportion and being taken under the wings of a party lacking an ideology.

The Sex Party pushes for nudist beaches to be larger than one hectare, a Sex Worker Empowerment Program for sex workers, treating sex toy businesses fairly to other businesses, changing Victoria Day to Eros Day, making Valentine's Day a statuary holiday, and finally a candidate in the most recent election pushed for prostitution to be completely legal.

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I don't believe there is a significant amount of the population pushing for nudist beaches to consider extending them beyond their current boundaries. A Sex Worker Empowerment Program sounds like it encourages people to get involved in the sex trade, and those that are already involved to stay in it. In a perfect world, prostitution wouldn't exist, and while I know and accept it always will be a part of our cities, that doesn't justify its decriminalization. Treating sex toy businesses fairly seems reasonable, but I question whether or not I would want young children to go through the paper and see advertisements for "questionable" objects. Changing Victoria Day to Eros Day is a complete reversal of our acceptance of the Monarchy as a part of Canada, adjusting it to praise a Greek god is a step backwards, not forwards. I will admit that more holidays are needed in the year, and February is a good example of this, but I think something like Family Day as seen in other province would be more widely accepted by both labour and business as a legitimate holiday then St. Valentine's Day.

So, as you can tell by the size of that paragraph, a few of the Sex Party's policies have flaws... well, most of them do. The Sex Party is right in principle to push for a smaller government influence on the lives of its citizens, more holidays and equality among the business community, but its direct policies regarding these issues present significant problems themselves. Most parties that lack a real ideology such as this die within a decade or two of forming. My guess is, the Sex Party while not following suit of finding sex to be taboo, will like the majority dissolve within the next decade. Whatever will we do without a sex-positive voice to support? I guess we'll have to vote for political parties which have policies that address issues that are of concern to all of us. How tragic.