> Hmm... I think that the left is split on legalizing prostitution. I remember arguing the complexity back in junior high - and my opinions on the matter have

> Hmm... I think that the left is split on legalizing prostitution. I remember arguing the complexity back in junior high - and my opinions on the matter have changed and become even more nuanced since then. 1) I personally believe that sex work should be decriminalised, with the caveat that: 2) Sex work cannot become an expected option for a profession The reason for my second point is that there is a very short and very steep slippery slope from that to the stage where job centres will turn into de facto brothel funnels. One ugly aspect of being an unemployed job seeker is that turning down job offers, even those where you don't have the matching qualifications, risks cutting off job seeker's allowance. I do not want to live in a world where such qualifications can be callously reduced to "breathes, has useful orifice(s)".