You haven't explained how making it legal is supposed to encourage the illegal things. The reality is that legal markets to a far better job of separating permitted and prohibited transactions than illegal ones do.
You just repeated yourself.
The same way that one coffee shop spawns another. Or one porn shop or pawn shop or tattoo parlor seems to spawn another.
It's certainly not entirely self-serving. I do not care just about myself, you know.
How do you know that, if the buyer would not?
Reducing the problem should be sufficient reason for legalization. In the real world, nothing will entirely solve problems associated with things. That is not a reason to ban them all.
It emanated from the penumbra of the discussion about the Roe v. Wade decision.
Funny. And really, sex work is no less important and no more seedy than lawyering.
Wherever that happens, regardless of industry, those responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
No shit Sherlock, that's not their job. Hookers are also not expected to assemble burgers and cook fries. Nor stand at the assembly line and bolt car doors on for that matter.
However, they are expected to do their jobs, or will find themselves out of it.
In cases where a (less desirable, perhaps older) woman marries a boy toy, sure. But it's not as common as the reverse.
But that is not only the case with sex work. Even legal industries like food service, agriculture, or nail salons have bad actors and situations. But, keeping the industry illegal makes it more likely that there will be bad things happening.
Again, not a reason to keep sex work illegal. Quite the opposite.
Women have other options, just like anybody else. But few are as lucrative. An escort can make hundreds in a single hour. A waitress or a barista or an office receptionist may not make that much in a day. It's not for everybody, but for those who choose it, it should be an option.
You make that claim a lot, but you have not shown it to be true, or even plausible.
Each of these problems is much easier to deal with when the industry is not made illegal in its entirety and law enforcement is not wasting money persecuting consenting adults.
Abolishing Prohibition did not remove all the problems associated with drinking alcohol. Legalizing weed does not remove all problems associated with weed. Does not mean either should be kept illegal.
In the Economic Science world, this is called "exploitation". Sophie controls a limited resource and can demand a higher price because the demand is great. This is the same principle that explains why a seat on a bus costs less than a seat at a Taylor Swift concert. Sophie is closer to Taylor's business model.
No argument here. But who is the "expoliter" and who is the "exploitee", in your opinion?
It is exclusively self-serving.
It means your arguments for "supporting women" are full of crap.
Because you aren't arguing honestly that you want it legal so you can legally do it.
I’m in a rush so I’ll just address the last: Providing manicures to the public does not carry with it the same risk to health from transmission disease or from violence as does sex work, even in places where sex work is legal.
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You can download the rest if you want. I fully agree with the ACLU, as well as many other organizations that are trying to decriminalize sex work to make the work safer and more acceptable to the workers.
Indeed, legalization has many benefits. Much like decriminalizing drugs has lots of benefits. But there is still addiction, even with legal drugs. Addiction that scars people's lives and the lives of those close to them. Kills people.
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Nothing is every perfect but imo, decriminalizing both sex work and drugs far out weighs leaving them both illegal. Regulations would help too. Point being when you regulate both drugs and sex work to a reasonable extent, the people using the drugs and the people in sex industry are both more protected. Plus, we should not moralize either drugs or sex work.
I could show you numerous articles that demonstrate the opposite. To me, it's wrong to make sex work illegal. The actual sex workers who's stories I've read claim that they feel safer when their work is legal and they no longer have to be worried about being arrested or harassed by the police. Plus with decent regulations their work is safer. I have a hard time believing that legalization causes more harm. That makes no sense to me, but I'll leave it at that as I doubt I will change your mind. Still, if I'm motivated one of these days, I'll find some more info about the benefits of making sex work legal. Of course I have no power to make it legal, but I am a member of the ACLU so I suppose I could claim that in some tiny way, my voice is being heard.
As I’ve written before, I have no moral objections to any sex two ( or more) adults mutually consent to engage in.
I realize that legalization of prostitution reduces the risk of violence for some sex workers. That is a tremendous good!
But legalization does not solve all of the risks of violence or trafficking. It ‘expands the market.’
Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking leaves no land untouched. In 2013 the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 27 million victims worldwide trafficked for forced labor or commercial sex exploitation. A 201…
There are obviously pros and cons to legalization of prostitution. For me, the pros do not outweigh the cons.
Look at pot, for example. It’s legal in many states and that has generated new business models and products, including lots of CBD products. In my life, I’ve never been interested at all in smoking anything. But I’ve used some legal CBD products. Because they are legal. The market has expanded.I could show you numerous articles that demonstrate the opposite. To me, it's wrong to make sex work illegal. The actual sex workers who's stories I've read claim that they feel safer when their work is legal and they no longer have to be worried about being arrested or harassed by the police. Plus with decent regulations their work is safer. I have a hard time believing that legalization causes more harm. That makes no sense to me, but I'll leave it at that as I doubt I will change your mind. Still, if I'm motivated one of these days, I'll find some more info about the benefits of making sex work legal. Of course I have no power to make it legal, but I am a member of the ACLU so I suppose I could claim that in some tiny way, my voice is being heard.
As I’ve written before, I have no moral objections to any sex two ( or more) adults mutually consent to engage in.
I realize that legalization of prostitution reduces the risk of violence for some sex workers. That is a tremendous good!
But legalization does not solve all of the risks of violence or trafficking. It ‘expands the market.’
Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking leaves no land untouched. In 2013 the U.S. State Department estimated that there are 27 million victims worldwide trafficked for forced labor or commercial sex exploitation. A 201…
There are obviously pros and cons to legalization of prostitution. For me, the pros do not outweigh the cons.
