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Would sex work be so profitable if it weren't stigmatized or criminalized?

  • SITPS Presents: Sex Work, Trafficking and Human Rights
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Submitted by Amber Rhea on 27 February 2008 - 11:35am.

This is a question that's been bouncing around in my mind for a few days:

"Would sex work be so profitable if it weren't stigmatized or criminalized?"

Example:

Sex work is often an attractive option for single mothers, because they can earn more money and (sometimes) work fewer hours than they would at a retail or other service industry job, thereby allowing them greater economic stability and more time with their children. But to what extent is this attributable to the stigmatized – and, with prostitution specifically, criminalized – nature of sex work?

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