[sodokuwizard]

Just make it a legal and protected profession already , all states and countries are losing out on big tax revenue and its funneling more people into the dark underbelly of society for literally no reason.

We have easy access to porn, raves, onlyfans is essentially a digital version of this, etc and the youth are already sexualized and consumed by their desires -- but when the genitals physically cross that's too much? What a joke.

You want a deterrent, make it legal, have safe buildings and rooms for this service - all parties consent to be recorded and footage deleted in 1 year (in the event of a crime). Safer for the women cause vanilla sex is pointless to record in the age of porn/has no real leverage for the guys who just need to take the edge off and the freaks run a very real risk of capture if they get too aggressive.

[nis0s]

People who say it should be legalized haven’t thought through the implications of it.

[Arnt]

It was legalised in Germany about 20 years ago. The proposal to legalise it was very thoughtful and readable, quite unlike your single-sentence assertion.

Two brief examples that I remember: ① Many prostitutes were also witnesses to related crimes, which were difficult to prosecute because the key witnesses would have to admit to their own prostitution. ② The first employer of an ex-prostitute has to teach the ways of normal employment. Some employers will make that effort, but not many. The organisations that help prostitutes find regular employment stated that a criminal record made the search much more difficult.

[nis0s]

Okay, then please read someone who writes gooder than I do:

On child prostitution in Germany—https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-raise-alarm-over-spike-...

On sex trafficking in Germany—https://www.dw.com/en/germany-mulls-ban-on-buying-sex-to-fig...

Further on sex trafficking—https://mission-freedom.de/en/forced-prostitution/facts-and-...

On increase in STDs— >…significantly more STI diagnoses

https://di.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article/224168/Men-who...

On issues with the recent report on PPA—https://catwinternational.org/2025/08/catws-statement-on-the...

Why do you think they’re trying to do the Nordic model now? Hint: it’s not because legalizing sex work proved to be a great solution for their society.

Interesting to note, Germany ranks lower than the US on the happiness index.

[Arnt]

Much better. However, their thoughtfulness is not a reason for you to be thoughtless. If you want to write that someone "haven’t thought through the implications", then you yourself need to think through the implications.

Not just write a single sentence that implies that some implications exist.

[nis0s]

You’re operating under old internet rules where we didn’t have open source AI or paid AI to flesh out pros and cons prior to speaking with others.

What stands out to me the most is that the Nordic model proves that reducing sex work improves the economic wellbeing of people, regardless of the legalization of sex work.