“…Intending to minimize gender inequality, it shifts the focus from the sellers to those they perceive as perpetrators (Halley, Kotiswaran, Shamir, & Thomas, 2006 ; Harrington, 2018 ; Matthews, 2018 ; Sanders et al, 2020 ; Vuolajärvi, 2019 ; Waltman, 2011 ). The Swedish neo-abolitionist law has now evolved into a global “supermodel” for prostitution policy (McGarry & FitzGerald, 2018 ; Hammond, 2015 ; Kingston & Thomas, 2018 ; Sanders & Campbell, 2014 ), and bills to criminalize clients have been passed in Iceland (2009), Norway (2009), Canada (2014), France (2015), Northern Ireland (2016), and, most recently, Israel (2018).…”