> This is key. I strongly believe that legalization is the only answer to the problem.
Why do we have to "believe"? There are many examples to learn from, to see what works and what doesn't.
For example, this study [0].
"This paper suggests it’s the latter. Using trafficking data from 150 countries, the authors find that "countries where prostitution is legal experience a larger reported incidence of human trafficking inflows."
As an example, they discuss Germany, which legalized prostitution in 2002. The minimum estimate of sex trafficking victims in the country increased from 9,870 in 2001 to 11,080 in 2002, to 12,350 in 2003."
As an anecdotal example: Sweden has one of the harshest stances on prostitution, and it's working just fine [1].
[0] http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/06/17/study-legalizing-prostit...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Sweden#Researc...
Why do we have to "believe"? There are many examples to learn from, to see what works and what doesn't.
For example, this study [0].
"This paper suggests it’s the latter. Using trafficking data from 150 countries, the authors find that "countries where prostitution is legal experience a larger reported incidence of human trafficking inflows."
As an example, they discuss Germany, which legalized prostitution in 2002. The minimum estimate of sex trafficking victims in the country increased from 9,870 in 2001 to 11,080 in 2002, to 12,350 in 2003."
As an anecdotal example: Sweden has one of the harshest stances on prostitution, and it's working just fine [1].
[0] http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/06/17/study-legalizing-prostit... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Sweden#Researc...