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Society accepting sex work is the worst thing that can happen to sex workers. They can have their cake and eat it right now -- not terribly illegal in the west but shunned which limits competition.

When it becomes fine, it will be worth no more than someone coming to mow your lawn, and probably less than that.

>>beagle+(OP)
Wouldn't that put at least some pressure into pursuing other options (like mowing somebody's lawn)?

>>ithkui+h1
Wouldn't that be an incentive towards other career paths (such as mowing lawns)?

EDIT: brace for the lawn mowing cartels led by ex human trafficking gangs. On a more serious note, there is so much criminality involved in that field precisely because it's illegal and lucrative. You remove that and you remove a lot of abuse.

>>beagle+(OP)
Wow i never thought of that! I love this reasoning (no sarcasm intended!). Based on supply/demand, the lack of social acceptance leads to low supply which in turn makes sure the price matches the moral cost. I honestly wished it was not (considered) degrading and just as acceptable as any hospitality service, although in my culture it is indeed immoral to take or provide sex services. Even so if it still is degrading indeed there should be a matching cost, but damn economics is a tricky one.

>>beagle+(OP)
There are many countries in the west where prostitution is legal and taxed like any other activity.

It seems the main complain is that it brings the prices down due to competition from eastern europe.

>>ptsnev+L1
not treating sex workers like crap doesnt mean they'll make lesser. one must also consider the monetary equivalents of the mental health of the worker. and the demand will increase by a lot too.