With regulations I don’t see the issue

[u/Left-Twix420]

[u/Slobotic]

I haven't looked into Denmark, but my understanding is that Germany has very little regulation of the industry.

Are you (is anyone) aware of a country that made sex work a licensed and properly regulated profession? (e.g., only licensed workers and only licensed establishments, workers and businesses subject to inspection and welfare checks, outreach programs available to sex workers, etc.)

[u/Anticleon1 → u/Slobotic]

New Zealand, since 2003. It works well: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/research-papers/document/00PLSocRP12051/prostitution-law-reform-in-new-zealand

[u/Slobotic → u/Anticleon1]

Looks pretty thorough. I need to learn more before I can have a real opinion, but I'm not surprised to hear positive feedback about how it's working.

People keep saying "well Germany decriminalized prison with almost no meaningful protections for the health and wellbeing of sex workers and there's more exploitation, so I guess it doesn't work."

[u/Anticleon1 → u/Slobotic]

If you'd like to read a book on it, see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1453kvn#:~:text=The%20decriminalisation%20of%20sex%20work%20in%20New%20Zealand%2C%20through%20the,of%20fronts%3A%20greater%20powers%20of

I'm just a New Zealander, not an expert on the topic.