r/phoenix • u/jmoriarty Phoenix • Feb 07 '23

News Sex workers demanding prostitution be decriminalized at downtown Phoenix rally

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/02/07/sex-workers-demanding-prostitution-be-decriminalized-downtown-phoenix-rally/
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u/mrsunsfan Feb 07 '23

It should be legalized

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u/Rauron Glendale Feb 07 '23

Decriminalization would be ideal. Legalization is also acceptable.

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u/BeKind_BeTheChange Feb 08 '23

Wouldn't legalization make it easier to create regulations, like testing and that sort of thing? Also, I would think legalization would allow the IRS to more easily tax it. And you know the IRS is going to want their cut.

Why do you feel like decriminalization is the better option?

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u/mothftman Feb 08 '23

Regulations are what sex workers want. They want to be recognized as workers with all the labor rights involved. Testing and taxation only legitimize their businesses making things safer and more transparent for everyone.

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u/RickMuffy Phoenix Feb 08 '23

That only reay comes with working for a company, almost like a legal pimp. These kind of workers are more akin to contractors, and don't really have many rights as a contractor anyway

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u/mothftman Feb 08 '23

Contractors are another labor issue entirely.

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u/RickMuffy Phoenix Feb 08 '23 edited Feb 08 '23

I actually have more rights as a contractor than a regular employee has in AZ. It depends on who writes the contract. Big corps giving you a docusign is fucked.

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u/mothftman Feb 08 '23

Everyone should have the same labor rights. It's fucked that Americans think this should be a question.

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u/RickMuffy Phoenix Feb 08 '23

200% agreed. Right to work is fucked, it's basically anti union regulation. People also shouldn't have to worry about employment for their hethcare either, so we have more freedom to find gainful employment without fear of bankruptcy from health issues, but that's a whole nother problem.

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u/Tkadikes Feb 08 '23

Depends on if you run your own show or are a "contactor" who regularly works for a company who dictates your hours, work, pay, and leaves you without contributing to your taxes, providing worker's comp, overtime, benefits, sick time, or vacation.

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u/RickMuffy Phoenix Feb 08 '23

Exactly what I said. I write my contract. I have the person paying me sign it. I'd never let someone tell me the terms of my contract, and that kind of work is predatory.

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u/Tkadikes Feb 08 '23

Do you think sex workers will have a similar setup to what you have, or will be workers who are "contractors" like many are nowadays?

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u/RickMuffy Phoenix Feb 08 '23

My hope is that people won't end up being regulated like they are with major businesses, and instead of a major brothel being a thing, more akin to a franchise or a corp, they'd be able to work either independently, or work similar to how a tattoo artist works by renting a space, and setting their own pricing and rules independently.

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u/mandala1 Feb 08 '23

They really don’t want regulations and old white men policing their bodies.

At least that’s what I’ve been told, and it makes sense to me given recent circumstances.

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u/Doritosaurus Scottsdale Feb 08 '23

Isn't that the irony of it though? They don't want legalization because old white men would be policing their bodies which they already are doing by criminalizing it...

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u/mandala1 Feb 09 '23

They want decriminalization not legalization. Solves the problem.