• qooqie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Legalize prostitution and get rid of the stigma. It being illegal only hurts the women (mostly) in the long run. With legalization you could get rid of a lot of abuse and make it easy for these women to come forward if there is abuse. I think it would also make underage trafficking harder if prostitution was legalized.

    I think we’re a long way from that, but one can hope for society.

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      1 year ago

      “Convicted prostitute” is not the condemnation the article-writer thinks it is… Work is work!

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        1 year ago

        Probably not as that would be advertising sex work within an area frequented by minors. I bet it would fall under the same laws as consuming or selling pornography close to schools and parks.

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      The only problem that I have with legalizing prostitution is that it requires the government enact sane protections and oversight for them. I do not trust the US government to ever do anything for real people, so I believe it would just lead to different abuses.

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        Very well you don’t trust the government. Can you detail to me how you use this in real life? For example do you conduct your own water testing and inspect the watersheds around waste water treatment plants? Do you take your electronics and subject them to FCC type testing for safety and non-interference? Do you perform your own bacteria culture tests on all food prior to eating?

        The government is far from perfect but it can in general regulate industry when the legislative branch allows it too.

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        1 year ago

        Ok, I’m curious. What kind of abuse are you imagining that could possibly be worse than the status quo?

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        1 year ago

        To cut back on the hyperbole that you’re receiving for your comment: Even badly managed oversight would be better than none at all.

        Amazon warehouse workers are being exploited brutally in a system that needs fixing, but there’s much less trafficking and violent coercion involved.