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Because legalizing sex work has empirically not reduced the amount of sex trafficking / nonconsensual sex work that occurs. That’s what happened in Amsterdam an
by anbop 7y ago
Because legalizing sex work has empirically not reduced the amount of sex trafficking / nonconsensual sex work that occurs. That’s what happened in Amsterdam and why they reduced the size of their brothel economy.
- msla 7y agoTake as an axiom that you cannot meaningfully reduce the demand for prostitution. Given that axiom, I find it very hard to believe that legal sex work which is closely monitored for any signs of human trafficking would have the same amount of that associated with it as illegal prostitution which is impossible to monitor meaningfully. I suspect the amount of sex trafficking associated with illegal prostitution is grossly underestimated.
- anbop 7y agoYou absolutely can reduce the demand for anything by making it more costly. Prostitution is far more prevalent where it less costly in dollars and punishment (e.g. Canada vs USA) You can’t just assert a falsehood as axiomatic.
- msla 7y ago> You absolutely can reduce the demand for anything by making it more costly. Prostitution is far more prevalent where it less costly in dollars and punishment (e.g. Canada vs USA) You can’t just assert a falsehood as axiomatic. Meaningfully reduce. The only meaningful reduction is to near zero, the point where human trafficking becomes impossible to profit from. That doesn't seem to be the case even in the USA.
- anbop 7y agoThe only meaningful reduction is to near zero? Reducing human trafficking by 50% is not a meaningful reduction?
- msla 7y agoReducing prostitution by 50% wouldn't reduce human trafficking the same amount, but thanks for equivocating!
- skinnymuch 7y agoReducing by 1/3 or 1/2 or 3/4 isn’t meaningful? That sounds over the top. And also not nice at all to the people who would be saved with severe reductions.