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Originally Posted by valo403
Legalizing pimping? Of course not. Legalizing prostitution? Definitely.
Places like Australia and the Netherlands have largely eliminated the issues surrounding pimps by essentially replacing them with the state. There's no need to rely upon street violence for security and enforcement when the state has stepped in and sanctioned the act. Instead of tricks being turned in parking lots and seedy motels they happen in controlled and regulated environments, making the 'transaction' safer for everyone involved. Pimps will still exist to a small degree, there will always be a portion of the sex trade that is based upon drug dependency and exploitation, but for the most part the ability of a pimp to control is removed when they have nothing left to offer. Now whether or not you think replacing a street pimp with someone who runs a place like the bunny ranch is just swapping one for another is a different discussion, but I don't think it's possible to argue that the women at a place like the bunny ranch aren't in a much better position than those walking the streets currently.
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Having a bunny ranch won't necessarily bring the women off the street. The women on the street are often the most desperate ones.
The women who are collected enough to use any services provided by the state are the ones using craigslist.
In addition having bunny ranches might just increase the demand for human traficking. A lot of the women working in places like Amsterdam come from Eastern Europe. Many end up there through human trafficking.