This is a really SERIOUS issue, the work is TRAUMATIC & the hostess looks at it in too much of a 'titillating - humorous' way at least at first. One of the Madams was on the verge of tears but didn't explain - likewise one worker who was interviewed with her husband. She broke down almost crying. But why these women almost or need to cry is not delved into. Because this is traumatic & demoralizing no matter how much money is made, no matter how the conditions are improved over being outside it is still traumatic.
Indeed, this so-called "legalization" is the sort of "worst of all worlds" where in practice the state becomes the pimp. Meet the new pimp, same as the old pimp, basically. Legalized serfdom is more like it, strangled in bureaucratic red tape. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteContrast this of course with decriminalization. Under that regime, the sex workers are themselves are (largely) in charge of their own destinies (as much as they can be in this world), as they are free to work independently for themselves if they choose to, sans pimp, with no bureaucratic red tape. See New Zealand, some parts of Australia, and (formerly, briefly, and accidentally) Rhode Island. And a number of other countries too. It's practically the *opposite* of legalized serfdom. Not perfect, of course, but it's the best (or least-worst) of all regimes in regards to sex work.
Rasa: EXCELLENT comment Pete! Thank you. It's in our next book "The Religion of Sex"
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for the compliment and inclusion in the book, and you're very welcome, Rasa 😊
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