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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
In my mind:
adult prostitution = whatever.
Human trafficking = TERRIBLE CRIME.
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Totally agree. However, the only way that I see legal prostitution working as a way to reduce human trafficking is if the government steps in and heavily legislates the industry - kinda like having to have a brothel license like a liquor license, and random audits to make sure everyone there is disease-free, above the age of consent and there of their own free will...
The idiot minister who said that it would reduce the number of rates has his head up his ass, though - rape isn't about sex, it's about power and violence. Prostitutes aren't the ones being raped - it's the average jane who gets robbed in her house (usually it's robbed, raped and strangled - triple threat).
I live in SA, and believe me when I say that we have one of the highest rape rates in the world, and it has NOTHING to do with there not being enough prostitutes walking the streets...