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/Milkshake__Mayhem Blue Mar 01 '23

Studies have shown that it actually increases human trafficking

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u/Whatsapokemon Mar 01 '23

This is true. Sweden is a good case study for this, as they made prostitution illegal in 1999, and they saw a decrease in human trafficking in the following years. This can be compared to Denmark and Germany, which have more permissive laws around prostitution, which didn't see similar declines.

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u/FerricNitrate Mar 01 '23

Key points from elsewhere:

  • Legal prostitution saw a comparative increase in human trafficking

  • Legal prostitution saw greatly improved conditions for sex workers

So while the meme is indeed factually incorrect on its leftmost card, it's very much not a black-and-white situation of "bad thing increased therefore all bad"

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u/pohudsaijoadsijdas Mar 02 '23

it would be interesting to see the difference between countries where prostitution is legal fully and where it's legal, but only for individuals, no Brothels etc that can easily hide trafficking.