• Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    It’s to avoid criminalising the victims. A prostitute is in a bad financial situation. A customer exploits that: “don’t want to starve? Suck this dick bitch!”

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      8 months ago

      It also shifts the power dynamic. If prostitution would be illegal the customer could use this to (further) exploit the person prostituting beyond the financial pressure.