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Darkman124 posted...

i had thought the associated impact on human trafficking rates was seen as offsetting this.

Well it's by no means a clear cut issue. The argument that legalization brings it into the open and makes it safer etc sounds nice, but AFAIK if you look at Germany, Netherlands and other countries were sex work is legal, there seems to be no less trafficking or more safety for sex workers. And the profession is still so stigmatized that the issues largely remain the same.
So then the question is this: Is there a way to address this stigma? Is Germany just not doing enough? Is it worth it in the first place? It's a horribly complex issue that seems in many ways stuck in a deadlock. You'll have feminists arguing against legalization on the basis that it doesn't help - which may very well be the case. You'll have liberals arguing for legalization on the basis that it just hasn't been done enough (or fully enough) yet - which may also be true. Either way I think it's gonna be a really long time before things start to change in a meaningful way, and it has to go hand in hand with the status of sex worker changing in some way.
For around a decade or three Sweden has been actively trying to change the view of a sex worker from "criminal" to "victim". But IDK if that's right (it definitely isn't if you ask sex workers themselves, the ones that can formulate opinions anyway), and IDK if it's working.
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