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Beast:
Working with instead of against sex workers will lead to more
slaves being rescued. In Germany, it already is.
While prohibitionists claim that legalizing prostitution has
increased human trafficking in the country, the data don't
support them.
Additionally, by keeping sex work illegal, victims of
sex trafficking are less likely to go to the police out of fear of
being arrested. Unfortunately, sex trafficking victims are often
treated like criminals. At the same time, there is evidence that
cops are frequent customers.
One of the keys to combatting sex-based human trafficking is
opening up the communication waves and exposing
traffickers. We cant do this while prostitution remains illegal,
which stigmatizes sex workers and pushes them to the fringes
of society.
2. Legalizing Prostitution Would Make Sex Workers
Safer (Fewer Assaults And STDs)
Belle Knox, known primarily as the Duke University Porn Star,
recently
wrote
an
informative
op-ed
for
Rolling
Stone supporting the legalization of prostitution in the US. She
contended that its contradictory that shes allowed to have
sex for money on camera, but when someone does it behind
closed doors it becomes a crime.
Knox wrote:
Prostitution is criminalized in every state and locality across
the country. As a result, sex workers are pushed onto the
street, leaving too many at the whims of pimps and dangerous
johns without access to police protection and labor
representation.
If only the practice was brought indoors, sex workers could
Would
Be
Substantial