If we legalize it and police it and regulate it, we can take pimps and drugs right out of it like they have in Holland, and allow girls who want to make money having sex, the freedom to do that.
If you think legalizing prostitution will take the pimps out of it - I suggest that you are wrong.
I knew countless exotic dancers (strippers). Some of them features that made a LOT of money doing a completely legal profession. And most of them had pimps. Especially the younger ones (under 22). They thought they were their boyfriends. But then the 'boyfriends' would ask for money. Then they would demand money. Then they would deliberately get them pregnant to keep them loyal. And then the girl would find out that he was seeing at least one other dancer - and getting money from her as well. And only then would they finally realize that their boyfriends were pimps.
Pimps do not have to look like pimps to be pimps. And most women that have pimps (IMO), think they really have boyfriends.
I hate seeing women - or anyone - abused or downtrodden. But I hate just as much restricting what women - or anyone - can do.
If you are referring to me, then I ask you to find exactly where I typed that they should be controlled or restricted in any way. You will not because I have not.
I strongly believe that prostitution should be legalized.
And yes, of course what they do are called 'jobs'. So is being a mercenary or an legal executioner. But I would not call those people 'regular' workers either.
But these escorts have to commit adultery with 75% or more of their clients; because that is the percentage of john's (usually) that are married. And maybe the women you know ********** don't mind that. But many (but not all) of the ones I knew felt guilty (to varying degrees) for doing that. Knowing they were having paid sex with a husband who was lieing about it to his wife and kids.
Also, most of these women have to have sex with men that they would normally find physically unattractive if not down right repulsive. And an amazing number of john's would not bathe before seeing these women - so they would stink as well.
And that is not even touching on the way many of these 'johns' (though not all of them - definitely) trated these women. SOmetimes they just treated them like empty whores to be used and discarded at will. In fact, that was the kick for many of these 'customers'. A chance to treat women the way they really see them as - subordinate to men.
My point is the vast majority of these women are not doing it for 'fun'. They do it - IMO - because a) it pays A LOT. And b) they have very low self esteems from either a lousy childhood or for some other reason.
Oh, and by the way. Most of these escorts I knew were Canadian. And before you type that they are not like 'your' escorts because they worked illegally - prostitution is legal in Canada.
Public sex-for-money transactions and brothels and pimping are illegal. But a free lance escort going to a hotel room to have paid sex with a client is completely legal in Canada.