Why Do We Throw Prostitutes in Prison?

[LadyHawkAZ]

91. He's talking about trafficking

The rest of us are talking about prostitution. They aren't the same thing. They only equate in the minds of people who have issues with female sexuality, and can't conceive of the idea of female consent.

The women he's talking about didn't come into it voluntarily at all, with or without preexisting issues. It's rape. In order to make a "moral" point about prostitution, it's necessary to equate consensual acts with non-consensual acts, otherwise the entire argument falls apart. This is why you see the attempt to paint all prostitutes as sad, mindless, brain-damaged, childlike, not-quite-human little female animals in need of responsible adult guidance, which is nothing like the reality. It's also why you don't see them talking about male prostitutes at all- ever notice that it's always about women? It's easier to sell the idea that a woman is an animal incapable of consent, because the cultural mindset leans that way anyhow. Since men are by default considered able to consent in our society, their involvement in sex work has to be glossed over and ignored.