• PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Not even remotely, sex work is still work and trying to abolish it just marginalizes people into perilous compromising positions

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Prostitution and/or seducing coomers online isn’t work. Legalising prostitution just makes it harder to save people from being trafficked.

      • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        That is demonstrably false, legal sanction is what allows sex workers to be able to call the authorities on suspicious behavior towards them without risking their own arrest in the process.

        • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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          5 months ago

          That’s like legalising drug dealing in case your heroin dealer scams you.

          • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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            5 months ago

            No, it’s like legalizing drugs because addicts need medical treatment not nightstick beatings you wombat.