well, i guess the feds get the chance to get this right. let's hope they don't screw it up like....they've screwed everything else up.
i think that what everybody wants is for these women to have real agency, the ability to make real choices and the ability to be safe from harm. where the debate comes up is what that actually means, and i'm, personally, exceedingly skeptical that opening this up to the free market is going to do anything but turn people into sex slaves. i have absolutely no faith in the market to protect people's rights at all.
so, this kind of escort agency is actually exactly the kind of thing i'd worry about, as they would no doubt reduce their workers to salaried employees with poor benefits, if they could. that is a model that should be rejected. they need to find ways to avoid being reduced to wage slaves, which i fear is the inevitable result of a corporatization of the industry.
the other thing i'd point out is that if the supply of sex workers increases faster than the demand for sex work, that will lead to decreases in prices, which is supposed to be the draw to the thing. so, if you're on the side of a sex workers union, you'd think the focus would be on restricting supply.
like any other job, you want to put the power in the hands of the workers.
but, given the economic status quo, i worry that these workers are in for a terrible surprise.
there it is, though. here's your chance...
but, given the economic status quo, i worry that these workers are in for a terrible surprise.
there it is, though. here's your chance...