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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 170 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 86 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hurting women is the point. By keeping some people's primary form of income illegal they can be superexploited, just like undocumented migrant workers. It's no coincidence that they're also similarly at risk of kidnapping, trafficking, and violence. No work insurance, no safety net, no legal protection, no rights, no dignity, and if you get caught you are the one that gets punished instead of the people who exploit you.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Conservatives need prostitution to be illegal. If anybody with some cash could go out and get laid then the right would quickly run out of incels to recruit.

[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

They need sex to be shameful all around. The more shame they can induce, the more leverage and control they have over everyone.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Also, sometimes prostitution SAVES marriages. Sometimes the wife likes her husband, but she just doesn't want to have sex. Or vice versa.

https://medium.com/eros-ethics/prostitutes-saved-my-marriage-c2ffc07d59b

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

One of the best arguments for legalizing it.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think hurting women is the point, more like a bonus or icing on the cake.

The point is to maintain a facade that our culture is 'above' such kind of behavior, even though everyone with a brain knows it's not.

Same kind of sentiment that allows Christians/Catholics to have sex out of wedlock but still think they're 'holier than' everyone else who does the same.

It's all just hypocrisy and insecurity.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

"Convicted prostitute" is not the condemnation the article-writer thinks it is... Work is work!