Reply #3: That is a GREAT idea, a way to try to empower people who.. [View All]

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have suffered way too much in their lives.

I used to think prostitution was just a victimless crime, but I learned that a very large majority of prostitutes (70% or maybe more) were sexually abused as children. Shortly thereafter I heard some male coworkers making rude jokes about prostitutes. No one I know thinks that sexual abuse of children is funny, and if people recognized that in many, many cases a prostitute is just an abused child after a few more years has passed, maybe we could see that -- just like most of us -- they need love, support, encouragement, acceptance, and healing. Of course, that's an ideal that our failed communities never comes near. But giving them the legal means to stand up for themselves is a nice place to start.