r/dankmemes • u/Left-Twix420 ☣️ • Mar 01 '23

I am probably an intellectual or something With regulations I don’t see the issue

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u/Fury_CS Mar 01 '23

Because they are prostitutes which is illegal in lots of places, so they wouldn't turn to the police in fear of incriminating themselves

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u/Fedacking Mar 01 '23

But the rate of reporte rape goes down when their job is legal and they don't have that fear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

They’re not arguing against that

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

They're not - but it still contradicts their point

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u/mnimatt Mar 01 '23

No it is their point. Maybe reread everything because you got something backwards

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

But convictions went down, not up - directly contradicting him.

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u/jolsiphur Mar 01 '23

This is just said as a joke, but would it be considered rape if the guy just refused to pay afterwards!?

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u/mushy_friend Mar 01 '23

Probably just stealing because you stole the goods and refused to pay

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u/Fedacking Mar 01 '23

Usually we don't consider that you can retract consent after the act. So I don't think so a priori, but I'm not an expert. That would be a situation where the police could help, particularly if the sex worker used exclusively digital payments.

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u/St0rytime Mar 01 '23

The entire point of this post is *legal* prostitution. In developed countries where it's legal, women are protected and made sure to work in safe environments with proper working conditions. Not working out of some back alley at Colfax Point.

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u/Kai25552 The Great P.P. Group Mar 01 '23

But this is upside-down! If legalization of prostitution makes it easier for prostitutes to go report sexual assaults, the numbers should go up after legalization.

EDIT: The point would work if you’d say legalization of prostitution takes sex-workers off the streets and into brothels => less potential victims. Or the victims are less appealing (tho I would doubt that the latter is of concern for a rapist…)

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u/ambisinister_gecko Mar 01 '23

Unless they're not getting raped after it's legalized...

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u/wambamclamslam Mar 01 '23

Why would that be true? If you are a potential rapist, and before your victims couldnt go to the police but now they CAN, would that not be the deterrent that drops rape rates?