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>If it is not quite so easy, the other options become relatively more desirable. So by your own logic, prostitution is more desirable to those who choose it th
by aninhumer 10y ago
>If it is not quite so easy, the other options become relatively more desirable.
So by your own logic, prostitution is more desirable to those who choose it than the alternatives? So you want to make it artificially less desirable so they choose a different (worse) option?
- clavalle 10y agoYes. In the short term it would be a 'worse' option but in the long term it would lead to a better outcome for them and others. Much like we make it artificially less desirable to do things like build a house that is not up to code.
- aninhumer 10y ago> in the long term it would lead to a better outcome I'm not really sure I follow the argument for it leading to a better outcome. Prostitution has been illegal for a long time, long before the existence of Backpage, and we haven't seen an outpouring of support for improved public assistance. Indeed, people on public assistance are usually characterised as lazy scroungers who can't be bothered to get a real job. Meanwhile prostitutes are usually considered tragic victims of adverse circumstances. So if anything, it would seem like a massive increase in the numbers of prostitutes as a result of legalisation (not to mention the increased visibility of the existing amount) would be far more likely to lead to support for change than the status quo.