Legalizing Prostitution in Canada

[Fragony]

Frags, are you really claiming that Prostitutes who work illegally are going to have things worse than an illegal one who might work for a pimp and would have no legal recourse if she were abused?

Legal ones will be better off, the illegal ones that WILL still exist so much worse, prices will just drop and the state can shrug it off pointing to a few words that only exist on paper

[CountArach]

Legal ones will be better off, the illegal ones that WILL still exist so much worse, prices will just drop and the state can shrug it off pointing to a few words that only exist on paper

You can't enact a law like this, where the majority of workers in the industry will benefit, just because the minority of workers will get worse conditions working in a way that is outside of that law.

[Fragony]

You can't enact a law like this, where the majority of workers in the industry will benefit, just because the minority of workers will get worse conditions working in a way that is outside of that law.

Screw the law when you can be pragmatic, how hard can it be to simply not arrest prostitutes unless there is a need to act because they are abused. You simply can't control the undercurrents, so simply don't try just because you like how good it looks on paper. you will do more harm than good

[Montmorency]

you will do more harm than good

Can you demonstrate that this has consistently been the case in units where prostitution was legalized, taking into account distinct degrees of legalization?

At any rate, I demand a high standard of health and safety and convenient location!

[CountArach]

Screw the law when you can be pragmatic, how hard can it be to simply not arrest prostitutes unless there is a need to act because they are abused. You simply can't control the undercurrents, so simply don't try just because you like how good it looks on paper. you will do more harm than good

What? By keeping it illegal you are, by definition, putting prostitutes into a realm where there are no laws. That means that they can be abused, exploited and all manner of terrible things and there is nothing that they can do to stop this because there are no laws protecting them. If you legalise it you can create a legal framework where they can be protected and where they can enter a court against their employer for being forced to do things that they don't want to. In a vulnerable profession like this one, surely that is one of the most important things that we can do for the workers.

[Fragony]

What? By keeping it illegal you are, by definition, putting prostitutes into a realm where there are no laws. That means that they can be abused, exploited and all manner of terrible things and there is nothing that they can do to stop this because there are no laws protecting them. If you legalise it you can create a legal framework where they can be protected and where they can enter a court against their employer for being forced to do things that they don't want to. In a vulnerable profession like this one, surely that is one of the most important things that we can do for the workers.

Law law law, this is a different sphere, a sphere the people writing all that cool stuff don't understand. It doesn't apply.

[Andres]

That means that they can be abused, exploited and all manner of terrible things and there is nothing that they can do to stop this because there are no laws protecting them.

Are you now saying that, in the current state of affairs, it is perfectly legal to abuse and exploit people and all manner of terrible things?

Isn't there already a legal framework that protects people against slavery and against forcing people to do things they don't want to do?

I wasn't aware that what you are describing there is now legal? So surely, to avoid people being exploited and abused can't be the motivation to legalize prostitution, since those kinds of things are already forbidden...

I think it would be a terrible mistake to think that legalizing prostitution will suddenly stop all of that.