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Adult women are not helpless children and I believe that any societal pressure that they might feel to pursue a damaging lifestyle can be dealt with before any punishment for exercising bodily autonomy should ever be considered.

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Perhaps, but making it easier for them to make bad choices is not the way to go.

I don't agree that prostitution is a bad choice. It's a legitimate choice, a legal choice in some countries. The only problems it causes are from the illegality hat the women (and men) performing it are driven into.

They are not protected by regulations, they don't receive pensions and they don't pay taxes.

There are a lot of jobs that might not be the best life choices. But that's no reason to make it illegal and force the people performing these jobs underground.

Well, read my many other replies around here. Prostitution is in no way a good life for women.

I don't necessarily think it is either, but I don't get to dictate to women how they live their lives.

It might or it might not be a good choice. Just with so many life choices. I think the best we can do -- as a society -- is to mitigate any harm that might come from it and make sure everybody involved knows what they consent to.

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