Prostitution

[ewx]

[Poll #1053551]

(NB for the last two questions - "results viewable to none" means "viewable to ewx", and of course in theory to LJ's operators.)

Comments

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

In principle, that sounds right.

The only measures that have proven effective in terms of safety are those of toleration; the only measures that have ever achieved a reduction in visible activity (rather than displacement) are measures taken against the punters - 'naming and shaming' being a particularly effective case in point.

In practice, the enforcement of the law always ends up with the removal of all legal protection from the women selling sex and - eventually - active persection by the organs of the state. No matter how enlightened or tolernt or even-handed it is at the beginning.