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The problem I have with this logic, is that I suspect with legalization/regulation, supply increases to meet or exceed demand, and drives prices down. This isn'

The problem I have with this logic, is that I suspect with legalization/regulation, supply increases to meet or exceed demand, and drives prices down. This isn't a tremendous economic problem with drugs, because it should be relatively straightforward to ramp up production (and employment and tax revenue increases with it). With prostitution however, trying to increase the supply and driving down costs creates problems. Willing prostitues no longer earn as much, making the job much less appealing, and trafficing potentially increases in order to meet new demand or a decreasing supply of willing prostitutes.

Ygg2 11y ago
Hmm, I wonder if making semi-realistic sexbots would be the solution to this supply/demand problem. You can make them way, way faster than you can breed humans. I know it sounds icky, but urge for sex often drives technology.
- digi_owl 11y ago
  The Japanese may already be on the case. I recall seeing a video where someone had combined a early Rift headset with a robotic arm holding what i believe they call a tenga. Strap on the headset, sit in the proper location, and have a 3D anime style girl give you a session...
reddytowns 11y ago
If people quit, then supply goes down. If it goes down, the price would rise until more people willingly take up the job again. A decrease of price isn't going to cause more women to be trafficked. Instead, the opposite would happen because there is less money to be made. I suspect whats happening here is that its easier to bring women over, willing or not because before, this kind of work was illegal, so if caught they'd just send them back. This whole sex slavery thing seems like hyperbole to me, though. If you've ever been to a third world country, you'd see that prostitution is rampant, even in countries where its technically illegal. There really isn't any shortage of girls, so I suspect they wouldn't have any trouble finding prostitutes willing to go to somewhere they could make more money, that they'd need to kidnap someone and force them into it.

Ygg2 11y ago

Hmm, I wonder if making semi-realistic sexbots would be the solution to this supply/demand problem. You can make them way, way faster than you can breed humans. I know it sounds icky, but urge for sex often drives technology.

digi_owl 11y ago
The Japanese may already be on the case. I recall seeing a video where someone had combined a early Rift headset with a robotic arm holding what i believe they call a tenga. Strap on the headset, sit in the proper location, and have a 3D anime style girl give you a session...

reddytowns 11y ago

If people quit, then supply goes down. If it goes down, the price would rise until more people willingly take up the job again. A decrease of price isn't going to cause more women to be trafficked. Instead, the opposite would happen because there is less money to be made. I suspect whats happening here is that its easier to bring women over, willing or not because before, this kind of work was illegal, so if caught they'd just send them back. This whole sex slavery thing seems like hyperbole to me, though. If you've ever been to a third world country, you'd see that prostitution is rampant, even in countries where its technically illegal. There really isn't any shortage of girls, so I suspect they wouldn't have any trouble finding prostitutes willing to go to somewhere they could make more money, that they'd need to kidnap someone and force them into it.