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I'm wasn't aware of the UK having legal and/or regulated sex workers. The closest I'm aware of is that Leeds has the first (and only?) "official" red light dis
by BuildTheRobots 9y ago
I'm wasn't aware of the UK having legal and/or regulated sex workers.
The closest I'm aware of is that Leeds has the first (and only?) "official" red light district, and my understanding was that that's more a case of the police not asking or prosecuting rather than it actually being allowed or legal.
(There's plenty of discussion to be had over whether we should or not, this reply is more of a "oh really, do we?" sorta comment).
- learnstats2 9y agoSex work is perfectly legal in the UK, subject to certain restrictive conditions. You cannot work in a "brothel" (i.e. not under the same roof as another sex worker), you cannot have a paid "pimp" (arguably not even to do the accounts or to make sure you are safe), you cannot solicit in a public place. As you say, sometimes police will not enforce these rules, but other times they may use the threat of criminalisation to coerce sex workers. Sex workers typically advocate for the "New Zealand model" of full decriminalisation - which is understood to be safer for sex workers.