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elaenathedefiant:

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elaenathedefiant:

countries where prostitution is legal have higher rates of human trafficking. that’s like an actual fact. not an opinion or anything. so tbh it seems a bit ‘swerfy’ to completely ignore that

speaking, uh, as a formerly-trafficked sex worker, it’s extremely difficult to come forward as a trafficking victim in countries where sex work is criminalized; you just… get criminalized under those same anti-prostitution laws. of course reported trafficking would increase when the sole fact of coming forward as a sex worker at all no longer endangers you.

i’m obviously not advocating for full criminalisation. i didn’t expect this post to get as many notes as it did and i expected most people reading it to know that i would support the nordic model, which is also why i tagged it with nordic model. if you don’t know that term, it’s where it is not illegal to be a prostitute but it is illegal to buy sex https://nordicmodelnow.org/ this website seems to be a good source of information.

as you might be able to tell from the casual and not particulary informative tone of my original post i am not an expert, but there are many people who have made much better points in the notes of this post if you want more information. also if you read the article it is much more explanatory than my brief post

i know what the nordic model is, thanks, you don’t need to teach me about my own life. the gall, honestly.

the nordic model is preferable to criminalization but it increases danger in many ways, which is why decriminalization (rather than legalization) is preferred by most activists who do full service; when johns are criminalized they’re often more rushed, more violent, more willing to harm us. whores have been talking about this for ages; try listening to us, instead of telling us about our own lives and issues, like you’re literally doing to me right now.

and to address your tags on the use of “prostitute”, that’s very much an intercommunity issue; i personally have issue with “sex work” obfuscating whether someone—like a cam girl or a stripper—actually has any place to speak about what whores experience, especially when they like to talk about violence we specifically experience. however, many of us are extremely uncomfortable with civilians talking about “prostitution” because of its ties specifically to criminalization. in this case you could have said “full service sex work(er)” and been totally fine. i literally cannot emphasize enough here how much you should be listening to those of us currently living what you’ve decided to discourse about.