Fmr President & Senator Polnut
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« on: July 08, 2015, 08:23:56 AM » |
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I think it's a difficult balance. There's a knee-jerk reaction from the social libertarians of "duh, of course, it's just sex". But at the same time, the pearl clutchers worried about society and the "children". Prostitution is not known as the oldest profession for nothing.
I've known people, both male and female, who were sex workers. While I don't support the continued criminalisation of sex work at all, there are some serious issues related to that industry, such as drug abuse, violence etc that complete liberalisation won't fix. I mentioned this to one of the former sex workers I knew and she said "look, if it was legal... it might have been easier. But the problem with legalisation is everything becomes regulated and "safe". When there's enough money being offered, people are prepared to be unsafe... which just creates a darker and more dangerous underground".
I think it's a really, really important point.
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