Wednesday, May 13, 2009

How to end prostitution

Antonia Zerbisias has been writing about decriminalization of prostitution.

Some people want to make prostitution go away completely.

Luckily, I know how:

Improve general labour conditions so it's more worthwhile for workers to do something else.

Why would you stand on a street corner waiting to blow strangers if you could earn the same money plus dental standing on a street corner handing out flyers?

3 comments:

laura k said...

You got it. With the exception of experimenting young Western women, sex work exists because there are no other options. Give people a way to support their families, sex trade will proportionately evaporate.

But while we're at it, let's improve working conditions for sex workers too.

impudent strumpet said...

Absolutely! And for the people who really want to focus on ending prostitution, they can work on improving sex workers' conditions from the direction of eliminating barriers to leaving the profession.

laura k said...

Another good point.