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In reply to the discussion: I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money. [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Various aspects of labor are regulated. You used the minimum wage argument to argue for making/keeping prostitution illegal. It's not illegal to pay someone a low wage, but by regulation there is a lower limit. It's not illegal to dump garbage but it is regulated in terms of where you can dump it. The arguments you are making clearly conflate the issue of regulation with making something completely illegal.
And the fact that you find it silly that LGBT sex workers should be considered is noted.
I am glad that you recognize that legalization would improve the lives of sex workers, then again there is firm proof of that so denying it would really be something that is silly.
You again fall back on the trafficking argument and add the suggestion that legalization increases demand, both of which are not proven. An increase in inflows to a particular country is not tantamount to an increase in human trafficking.