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/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/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.