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In reply to the discussion: I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money. [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)I mean, "workers" as opposed to "johns." We both are against people being forced to sell their sex to make a living, or being forced to do so in slave-like arrangements. Please stop with the attempt to morally discredit people for seeing different ways of doing this, or implying that the only ones who see this differently can only be johns concerned solely with their "right" to pay for sex.
You seem to basically be just saying that under your proposal, almost nothing will change. The fear and brutality will remain, the businesses will remain in place, but at least the women won't be prosecuted, and some of the customers will be hunted (since in practice the pimps will have cover). What does this provide other than a relative relief for some of the women and the public moral satisfaction of occasional raids punishing some johns? It seems to me an awfully limited way of addressing the problem, a capitulation. Better can be imagined, and has been practiced in places with regulated decriminalization (and better economic rights for women generally).
So again, you seem to be implying an answer but I'm not clear about your answer to these questions. No need to take a long time, just some clarity if this is the gist. Repeating:
I can offer sex for money, but I'm not responsible legally if someone takes me up on it, only my buyer is criminal? After they pay me, can I turn them in myself and testify at their trials?
Can a prostitute legally set up somewhere, making an offer and trying to persuade people to accept it (again, the common definition of "solicitation" , but anyone who then takes the offer is breaking the law? Can someone do this as a legal business? (For the sake of argument let's define this as a worker-owned cooperative with only equal worker-owners among the personnel.) They can run their own legal brothel and invite clients in, but then the clients are lawbreakers? (Sounds like you could set up a brothel at the front door, leading to a police precinct at the back, and build a prison next door.)
So please clarify how this proposal is supposed to work in practice.
In your scheme, what kind of now-free worker legally and freely sells illegal goods, for which the patsy is then arrested because you've judged him morally debased compared to the worker?