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> In the progressive circles I'm familiar with ... I've never seen anyone make a feminist case for decriminalization or legalization. Well there's plenty of se
by perilunar 7y ago
> In the progressive circles I'm familiar with ... I've never seen anyone make a feminist case for decriminalization or legalization.
Well there's plenty of sex workers online you could ask. They almost universally argue for decriminalisation (not legalisation) on feminist grounds.
- jkaplowitz 7y agoIndeed. I'm curious: Do the sex workers you speak with claim that decriminalization and legalization are two different concepts as applied to themselves, or do they reject the label of legalization as dehumanizing because it implies that a human can be illegal? (Yes, technically no anti-sex-worker laws claim any category of human is inherently illegal, instead defining some of them as criminals through outlawing certain activities, but you wouldn't know it from how much stigma is attached to public discourse about sex workers.)
- istjohn 7y agoLegalization implies decriminalization plus regulation.
- istjohn 7y agoYes, that's why I separated out feminists and sex workers in my analysis.