>A 2012 study published in World Development, “Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?” Ah yeah, that study which considers Ukrainian girls vol

>A 2012 study published in World Development, “Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?” Ah yeah, that study which considers Ukrainian girls voluntarily coming to Germany for a job in sex industry as "trafficked". These "studies" are unsound and plainly wrong. The very definition of trafficking they use is so ambiguous and varies from "a sex slave being transported in a container" to "a girl who legally(sic) emigrates to a rich country to legally(sic) work in sex industry". The latter is not a bad thing. > We found that prostitution was multitraumatic: 71% were physically assaulted in prostitution; 63% were raped Yeah, before it was legalized. I see no evidence that after legalization in Germany 63% of workers were raped. This is such a blatant manipulation. A very good overall review of such manipulations could be find here [2] > What does the regulatory regime look like? Does requiring a license guarantee that women are willing, and not merely presenting as willing? Lets start with a fact that a girl who want to work in a sex industry don't need to deal with delinquents, if prostitution is legalized. That reduces abuse terrifically. Lets continue with the fact that legal market draws demand from the black market, making trafficking and related risks less attractive from a financial point of view. The vast majority of prostitutes came voluntarily to biz, the percent of slaves is tiny, so removing the need to deal with delinquents and giving the opportunity to have a legal job would reduce abuse significantly. [1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jennyheineman/sex-trafficking-myths-sesta-fosta https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jennyheineman/sex-traff... [2] https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=7413&context=jclc https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewconten...