Legalizing prostitution will absolutely NOT reduce human trafficking. I have no idea why anybody thinks that if you magically legalize it then it will all of a sudden switch to a professional career instead of a few people exploiting women's bodies for money, except paying taxes on it.
Every single country with legal prostitution has a significantly higher rate of human trafficking.
Prostitution is not a victimless crime. The perception that there are all these individual sex workers working for themselves is simply not the reality. The vast, vast majority are trafficking victims who receive no money or benefit from their forced work.
When legalized, organized crime becomes legit companies but the base level approach doesn't change and the women are still trapped.
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u/LEERROOOOYYYYY Mar 01 '23
Legalizing prostitution will absolutely NOT reduce human trafficking. I have no idea why anybody thinks that if you magically legalize it then it will all of a sudden switch to a professional career instead of a few people exploiting women's bodies for money, except paying taxes on it.
Every single country with legal prostitution has a significantly higher rate of human trafficking.
https://www.menendingtrafficking.ca/does-legalizing-prostitution-make-things-better-or-worse/#:~:text=Looking%20at%20the%20cross%20section,higher%20rate%20of%20human%20trafficking.
Probably the craziest fake news I consistently see Reddit spout