| thewayofthepath said: I will admit that I am in favour of decriminalizing many illicit drugs, but still wonder if legalized prostitution will prevent things like Robert Pickton from happening again. (He killed upwards of 49 women just outside of Vancouver, most of them prostitutes.) Legalization may or may not stop pimps and human trafficking, but I'm more concerned about whether or not it will stop or reduce prostitute murders. |
Prostitute murders are a thing because of prostitutes' status at the margins of society, just like killing the homeless or the mentally ill.
The question we all need to be asking is how many people *really* choose to sell their bodies for money if they have better options. Of course, that leeches into the messy question of how many people on the other end of a camera in porno videos are doing this with such a full degree of consent.
The high-class hooker is certainly a thing, but how representative is that of the average sex worker (even the average non-trafficked sex worker), much like how wide is the difference between well-known pornstars vs the countless interchangeable women all over the internet?
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
