I think the answer to it might be in assigning some unscientific statistics to the world.
Starting here: perhaps 5% of people are psychologically capable of sex work. The reason behind legalizing (or decriminalizing) sex work is to maximize the liberty of, and reduce the harm to, this 5%.
Concurrently we must account for the 95%.
If we were to normalize sex work in the context other professions, then the volume of jobs requiring sex would quickly outpace the number of people who would choose that profession in lieu of economic necessity, and so you will have people be sexually exploited. Perhaps the free market will solve this in the long term but in the mean time you’ll have many a hurt persons.
So basically the whole thing is a compromise based on what we believe about the economic incentives and workforce, aiming to please multiple outlooks.
Although the “contractor” point another poster made is maybe more compelling.
I think the answer to it might be in assigning some unscientific statistics to the world.
Starting here: perhaps 5% of people are psychologically capable of sex work. The reason behind legalizing (or decriminalizing) sex work is to maximize the liberty of, and reduce the harm to, this 5%.
Concurrently we must account for the 95%.
If we were to normalize sex work in the context other professions, then the volume of jobs requiring sex would quickly outpace the number of people who would choose that profession in lieu of economic necessity, and so you will have people be sexually exploited. Perhaps the free market will solve this in the long term but in the mean time you’ll have many a hurt persons.
So basically the whole thing is a compromise based on what we believe about the economic incentives and workforce, aiming to please multiple outlooks.
Although the “contractor” point another poster made is maybe more compelling.