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These people need help. They are often addicted to drugs, mentally ill or come from an abusive past (or all of the above). The idea that making something ille
by chillwaves 10y ago
These people need help. They are often addicted to drugs, mentally ill or come from an abusive past (or all of the above).
The idea that making something illegal will help these people is misguided. Presently the women are offered no protection of the law, they are often harassed and targeted by police over Johns. They often face threats of violence and rape (and more than threats) with no recourse of the law.
What is needed are rational harm reduction policies and bringing sex work into the light under the framework of protection under the law.
- clavalle 10y agoAssume we do that. When someone asks for public assistance, do we then tell them "Well, you can have a job over here at the brothel"?
- chillwaves 10y agoSuch advocacy groups already exist. They provide basic healthcare services, needle exchange, free condoms, food and emergency shelter. I'm not sure if your comment is serious, but groups already exist to address the specific needs of sex workers (which aren't that different from the subset of people they come from: impoverished and drug addicted). What is not happening, the most important part, is for the law to view sex workers as victims rather than perps. Protection of the law would go a long way in reducing the violence and trafficking involved.
- aninhumer 10y agoWhen people ask for public assistance, we either give it to them or deny it. There may also be assistance for people looking for jobs, but it does not force anyone to take those jobs. If someone denied public assistance chooses prostitution to make a living, that is not any more inherently coercive than if they choose to flip burgers.