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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I am (slightly) against making prostitution legal. I really do want this line of work to be safer for the women(and men) that work in it! I am just worried that making it legal will increase both supply and demand. As a legal job it will attract quite a new group of women into it. Women that will think it is a 'quick and easy' way to make money. At a younger age women will be more likely to enter this industry(because society now thinks its okay), and as a result ruin their entire life. Maybe I would be less worried if there would be a higher legal age associated with prostitution, 21 instead of 18 for example.
Some women will still be forced into it, even if it is legal. Now if the demand for the services goes up as a result of no repercussions to the clients, there will have to be an increase in supply. How will this supply increase is yet to be seen.
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There is also the new model of making it legal to sell,but illegal to buy. I think if this happens you will see an increase in suppy because more girls will join because it's legal and safer. Problem is that there will be less clients because the cops will be chasing them for buying sex and some clients might leave the hobby. More girls + less clients = lower price for sex.