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Around the world, there's a growing movement to decriminalize sex work. Last year, Amnesty International, the largest human rights group in the world, came out with a recommendation that governments should decriminalize consensual sex work and develop laws that ensure workers are "protected from harm, exploitation and coercion." A United Nations commission has also come out in support of legalizing prostitution.
But the idea is a divisive one, stirring impassioned debates and concerns about the ways varying approaches could harm sex workers. Amnesty's recent policy drew strong support from public health advocates and intense backlash from those aiming to end prostitution completely.
Understanding the scope, harms and public health implications of policies addressing the world's oldest profession is really tricky. While prostitution - the buying and selling of sex - is a multibillion dollar industry, the sex trade is clandestine by nature. It's taboo. That makes it really hard to study, especially in the United States.
That's most often the case, except in this one part of the country, where the laws of prostitution were totally upended. It's a peculiar story that's largely left out of the current discussion. The place in question is not Nevada, where there's a small number of regulated brothels in certain rural counties.
It's a whole state - Rhode Island.
For several years, ending in 2009, indoor prostitution such as in massage parlors, strip clubs and through online escorts, was not a crime in this tiny New England State.
The whole thing happened somewhat unintentionally. But at the time, it fueled a heated public debate about sex, crime and health.
Years later, some are revisiting the lessons learned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 09 2017, @09:29PM (4 children)
This is wrong.There is another reason,it gives people idea that this is a legitimate career choice. It is not. It has a a sharp and constant decrease in earning potential, unlike almost ANY other career path. It is a dead end and advocating for normalizing it is economic equivalence of fight for 15. Not to mention it promotes degeneracy and erodes family values, which is straight our of Marxist playbook.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by qzm on Wednesday August 09 2017, @09:57PM (1 child)
Unlike, perhaps, professional sports? Modeling?
After all, as we know, no people have EVER changed their jobs - no sir, that is simply impossible..
Oh, and your second 'point' is simply trying to push your personal belief system as fact, get over yourself.
You do know there are plenty of places in the world where this is legalised, right? In most of them women enjoy a great deal more safety, health, and profit when working in this industry.
So, I can only assume that you are anti-women, right? Need to keep them down? shame on you.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday August 10 2017, @01:01AM
It would change the power setup. That will attract some players from the shadows..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 10 2017, @01:57AM (1 child)
Why is it you people never use the term Marxist correctly?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday August 10 2017, @10:14PM
Because if they knew what it meant they might realize they partially agree with some of what he wrote :D
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